Provenance of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains from U-Pb and Hf analysis of detrital zircons in Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments in Prydz Bay and beneath the Amery Ice Shelf

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-32

  Veevers, J J ^a   Saeed, A ^a   O'Brien, P E ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amery Ice Shelf; Detrital zircons; Hf isotopes; Prydz Bay; U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOURCE ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 54349099163     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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