Pan-Gondwanaland detrital zircons from Australia analysed for Hf-isotopes and trace elements reflect an ice-covered Antarctic provenance of 700-500 Ma age, TDM of 2.0-1.0 Ga, and alkaline affinity

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-174

  Veevers, J J ^a   Belousova, E A ^a   Saeed, A ^a   Sircombe, K ^b   Cooper, A F ^c   Read, S E ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

700 500 Ma; alkaline provenance; Antarctica; Australia; detrital zircons; Hf isotopes; paleogeography; Pan Gondwanaland; TDM; trace elements

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33744830044     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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