Tectono-thermal evolution of the Maud Belt: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon data from Gjelsvikfjella, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Precambrian Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 95-121

  Bisnath, A ^a   Frimmel, H E ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b   Board, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Gjelsvikfjella; Gondwana; Maud Belt; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIKE; GRANITE; GRANITOID; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONOPHYSICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GJELSVIKFJELLA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 33748780385     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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