Combined U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, Ellsworth-Whitmore Mountains block, Antarctica

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 275-288

  Flowerdew, M J ^a,b   Millar, I L ^a   Curtis, M L ^b   Vaughan, A P M ^b   Horstwood, M S A ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^c   Fanning, C M ^d  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Antarctica; Hf; U Pb; Zircon provenance

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL ZIRCONS; HAFNIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS;

ANTARCTICA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33947405267     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25891.1     Document Type: Article

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