SHRIMP zircon age constraints from the Larsemann Hills region, Prydz Bay, for a late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic tectono-thermal event in east Antartica

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-617

  Wang, Yanbin ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^b   Tong, Laixi ^c   Ren, Liudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; INDIA; LARSEMANN HILLS; PRYDZ BAY; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50249160055     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/04.2008.07     Document Type: Article

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