Surgeon island granite SHRIMP zircon ages: A clue for the Cambrian tectonic setting and evolution of the Palaeopacific margin of Gondwana (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-249

  Fioretti, Anna Maria ^a,f   Capponi, G ^b   Black, L P ^c,f   Varne, R ^d   Visona, D ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Minerals Division   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND; WORLD;

EID: 20844442660     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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