Crustal evolution in the Georgetown Inlier, North Queensland, Australia: a detrital zircon grain study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 198-218

  Murgulov, Valeria ^a   Beyer, Eloise ^a   Griffin, William L ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Walters, Steven G ^a,b   Stephens, Darren ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granitoid magma genesis; Granitoid magma sources; Zircon Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GEORGETOWN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 35248851447     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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