Chemical U-Th-Pb monazite dating and the Proterozoic history of King Island, southeast Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-471

  Berry, Ron F ^a   Holm, O H ^c   Steele, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Geochronology; Grenville; King Island; Metamorphism; Monazite; Rodinia; Tasmania; Uranium thorium lead dating; Wickham Orogeny

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KING ISLAND; TASMANIA; WORLD;

EID: 24144498009     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500134514     Document Type: Article

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