Constraints on the age of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province from ion microprobe U-Pb (SHRIMP) ages for acid igneous rocks from NE Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Gamble, J A ^a   Wysoczanski, R J ^b   Meighan, I G ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Tertiary Volcanic Province; Granites; Ion microprobe U Pb; Rhyolites

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; RHYOLITE; TERTIARY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANISM;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032896546     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0291     Document Type: Article

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