The Terre Adelie basement in the East-Antarctica Shield: Geological and isotopic evidence for a major 1.7 Ga thermal event; comparison with the Gawler Craton in South Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 205-224

  Peucat, J J ^a   Menot R P ^b   Monnier, O ^b   Fanning, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Australia; Monazite; Paleoproterozoic; Terre Adelie; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LEAD-LEAD DATING; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0345493665     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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