Zircon sensitive high mass-resolution ion microprobe U-Pb and fission-track ages for gabbros and sheeted dykes of the Taitao ophiolite, Southern Chile, and their tectonic implications

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-142

  Anma, Ryo ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^b   Danhara, Toru ^c   Orihashi, Yuji ^d   Iwano, Hideki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Kyoto Fission Track Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Fission track dating; Ridge collision; Ridge subduction; Sensitive high mass resolution ion microprobe; SHRIMP; Taitao ophiolite

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; OPHIOLITE; PLIOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AISEN; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; TAITAO PENINSULA;

EID: 33644806278     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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