Zircons and clay from morainal Permian siltstone at Mt Rymill (73°S, 66°E), Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica, reflect the ancestral Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains-Vostok Subglacial Highlands complex

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-354

  Veevers, J J ^a   Saeed, A ^a   Pearson, N ^a   Belousova, E ^a   Kinny, P D ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Nd model age; Permian Glossopteris siltstone; SHRIMP U Pb; Zircon provenances

Indexed keywords

CLAST; CLAY; MORAINE; PERMIAN; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; SILTSTONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 48349137635     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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