Age of felsic volcanism and the role of ancient continental crust in the evolution of the Neoarchean Rio das Velhas Greenstone belt (Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil): U-Pb zircon dating of volcaniclastic graywackes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-82

  Noce, C M ^a   Zuccheti, M ^b   Baltazar, O F ^b   Armstrong, R ^c   Dantas, E ^d   Renger, F E ^a   Lobato, L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CPRM   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Quadril tero Ferr fero; Rio das Velhas Greenstone belt; Volcaniclastic graywackes; Zircon SHRIMP and ID TIMS U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRAYWACKE; GREENSTONE BELT; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844493832     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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