Provenance and age delimitation of Quadrilátero Ferrífero sandstones based on zircon U-Pb isotopes

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-285

  Hartmann, Léo A ^a   Endo, Issamu ^b   Suita, Marcos Tadeu F ^b   Santos, João Orestes S ^c   Frantz, José Carlos ^a   Carneiro, Maurício A ^b   McNaughton, Neal J ^d   Barley, Mark E ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Geochronology; Iron formation; Quadril tero Ferr fero; SHRIMP; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646130182     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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