SHRIMP U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages of the Niquelândia layered complex: Meso- (1.25 Ga) and Neoproterozoic (0.79 Ga) extensional events in central Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 133-153

  Pimentel, Márcio Martins ^a   Filho, Cesar Fonseca Ferreira ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mafic ultramafic; Mesoproterozoic; Neoproterozoic; Niquel ndia; Rift; SHRIMP U Pb

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; URANIUM;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAYERED INTRUSION; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPLEX FORMATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; VOLCANO;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442519027     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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