An Archaean province in the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: U-Pb zircon evidence for c. 3170 Ma granite plutonism and c. 2780 Ma partial melting and orogenesis

Precambrian Research

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 207-228

  Boger, Steven D ^a   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a   Mark Fanning, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; East Antarctic Craton; Gondwana; Mawson Continent; Prince Charles Mountains; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANITE; PARTIAL MELTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33644658958     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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