Age, correlation, and provenance of the Neoproterozoic Skelton Group, Antarctica: Grenville age detritus on the margin of East Antarctica

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-416

  Wysoczanski, R J ^a,b   Allibone, A H ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 4544365905     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421071     Document Type: Article

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