Grenville-age magmatism at the South Tasman Rise (Australia): A new piercing point for the reconstruction of Rodinia

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 769-772

  Fioretti, A M ^a,b   Black, L P ^b,c   Foden, J ^d   Visona D ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Minerals Division   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

East Antarctic craton; Grenville; Rodinia; SHRIMP; South Tasman Rise

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATIC ROCK; PALEOZOIC GRANITES; QUARTZ SYENITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMANIA; VICTORIA LAND; WORLD;

EID: 26844531966     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21671.1     Document Type: Article

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