U-Pb geochronology from Tonagh Island, East Antarctica: Implications for the timing of ultra-high temperature metamorphism of the Napier Complex

Precambrian Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 237-263

  Carson, C J ^a,c   Ague, J J ^a   Coath, C D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Ion probe; Napier Complex; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHOSIS; PETROLOGY; ROCK;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037096353     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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