U-Pb ages and source composition by Hf-isotope and trace-element analysis of detrital zircons in Permian sandstone and modern sand from southwestern Australia and a review of the paleogeographical and denudational history of the Yilgarn Craton

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 245-279

  Veevers, John J ^a   Saeed, A ^a   Belousova, Elena A ^a   Griffin, W L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Detrital zircons; Hf isotopes; Modern sand; Paleogeographical and denudational history; Permian sandstone; Perth Basin; Source composition; U Pb ages; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

COAL MEASURES; CRATON; DENUDATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 10444284893     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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