U-Pb geochronology and Hf-Nd isotope compositions of the oldest Neoproterozoic crust within the Cadomian orogen: New evidence for a unique juvenile terrane

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 165-180

  Samson, S D ^a   D'Lemos, R S ^b   Blichert Toft, J ^c   Vervoort, J ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadomia; Geochronology; Hafnium; Neoproterozoic; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CADOMIAN OROGENY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; HAFNIUM; MAGMA; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

BRITTANY; FRANCE; PORT MOVAN;

EID: 0037473261     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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