Tempo of burial and exhumation within the deep roots of a magmatic arc, Fiordland, New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Flowers, R M ^a   Bowring, S A ^a   Tulloch, A J ^b   Klepeis, K A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Exhumation; Lower crust; Magmatic arc; Thermochronology; U Pb

Indexed keywords

DEEP ROOTS; MAGMATIC ARCS; RUTILE; TITANITE;

COOLING; DATA ACQUISITION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; THICKNESS CONTROL; TITANIUM DEPOSITS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; GEODYNAMICS; ISLAND ARC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; WORLD;

EID: 12844260783     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21010.1     Document Type: Article

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