U-Pb geochronology of Seychelles granitoids: A neoproterozoic continental arc fragment

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-38

  Tucker, R D ^a   Ashwal, L D ^b   Torsvik, T H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Magmatism; Neoproterozoic; Reconstruction; Rodinia; Seychelles; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PALEOECOLOGY; ROCK; SEYCHELLES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SEYCHELLES;

EID: 0035020313     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00282-5     Document Type: Article

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