Isotopic and geochemical constraints on the age and origin of granitoids from the central Mawson Escarpment, southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-400

  Boger, S D ^a   Maas, R ^a   Fanning, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwana; Granites; HighSr Y; Lambert Complex; PrinceCharles Mountains; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 38149032946     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0249-x     Document Type: Article

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