Mafic dykes from Heimefrontfjella and implications for the post-Grenvillian to pre-Pan-African geological evolution of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-391

  Bauer, W ^a   Fielitz, W ^b   Jacobs, J ^c   Fanning, C M ^d   Spaeth, G ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Maud Belt; Tholeiitic dykes; U Pb zircon SHRIMP data

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; THOLEIITE;

ANTARCTICA;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 0141457976     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001391     Document Type: Article

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