Relationships between the brook street Terrane and Median Tectonic Zone (Median Batholith): Evidence from Jurassic conglomerates

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-293

  Tulloch, A J ^a   Kimbrough, D L ^b   Landis, C A ^c   Mortimer, N ^a   Johnston, M R ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brook Street Terrane; Conglomerate; Geochronology; Granite clasts; Jurassic; Median Tectonic Zone; Provenance; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONGLOMERATE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; TERRANE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033149856     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1999.9514845     Document Type: Article

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