Provenance and age constraints of the South Stack Group, Anglesey, UK: U-Pb SIMS detrital zircon data

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 743-746

  Collins, Alan S ^a   Buchan, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anglesey; Avalonia; Cambrian; Provenance; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; PROVENANCE; RIFTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF ANGLESEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344665430     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-036     Document Type: Article

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