Patterns of Late Cenozoic exhumation deduced from apatite and zircon U-He ages from Fiordland, New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  House, M A ^a,b   Gurnis, M ^a   Sutherland, R ^c   Kamp, P J J ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PASADENA CITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Fiordland; Helium; New Zealand; Subduction; Thermocrironology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751362745     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000968     Document Type: Article

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