Rb-Sr age and strontium isotope characteristics of the greenland group, buller terrane, New Zealand, and correlations at the east gondwanaland margin

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-200

  Adams, C J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buller Terrane; Geochronology; Greenland Group; K Ar; Metamorphism; Paleozoic; Rb Sr; Strontium isotopes; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; METASEDIMENT; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 3242881140     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515047     Document Type: Article

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