New ideas on the Proterozoic-Early Palaeozoic evolution of NW Iberia: Insights from U-Pb detrital zircon ages

Precambrian Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 185-206

  Fernandez Suarez J ^a   Gutierrez Alonso G ^b   Jenner, G A ^a   Tubrett, M N ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Early Palaeozoic; Iberia; Laser ablation; Proterozoic; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

SPAIN;

EID: 4243687460     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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