Archaean crust in the Rayner Complex of east Antarctica: Oygarden Group of islands, Kemp Land

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 491-510

  Kelly, N M ^a   Clarke, G L ^a   Fanning, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

granulite facies; Pb loss; recrystallisation; U Pb geochronology; zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANULITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 21144448635     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001176     Document Type: Article

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