Combined apatite fission-track and single grain apatite (U-Th)/He ages from basement rocks of central Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica) - Possible identification of thermally overprinted crustal segments?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 72-88

  Emmel, B ^a,b   Jacobs, J ^a,b   Crowhurst, P ^c   Daszinnies, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

(U Th) He thermochronology; apatite; East Antarctica; fission track thermochronology; Gondwana

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION-TRACKS; FISSION-TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY; FLEXURAL-ISOSTATIC RESPONSE; JURASSIC MAGMATISM;

ANNEALING; COOLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

APATITE;

ANNEALING; APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COOLING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENUDATION; EROSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GONDWANA; HEATING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 36048930507     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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