Detrital zircons from upper Permian and lower Triassic Victoria Group sandstones, Shackleton Glacier region, Antarctica: Evidence for multiple sources along the Gondwana plate margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-274

  Elliot, D H ^a   Fanning, C M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Beacon; geochronology; Permian Triassic; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHACKLETON FRACTURE ZONE; SHACKLETON GLACIER; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 38949188555     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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