SHRIMP U-Pb dating of high-grade migmatites and related magmatites from northwestern Oates Land (East Antarctica): Evidence for a single high-grade event of Ross-orogenic age

Terra Antartica

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-84

  Henjes Kunst, F ^a   Roland, N W ^a   Dunphy, J M ^b   Fletcher, I R ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CAMBRIAN; MIGMATITE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; OATES COAST; WORLD;

EID: 12844258928     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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