Provenance, deposition and age of gneiss units from the KTB drill hole (Germany): Evidence from SHRIMP and conventional U-Pb zircon age determinations

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Sollner F ^a   Nelson, D R ^b   Miller, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambrian Ordovician palaeogeography; Germany; Gneiss zircons; KTB; Northern Gondwana; SHRIMP; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249111522     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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