Superimposed Neoarchaean and Paleoproterozoic tectonics in the Terre Adélie Craton (East Antarctica): Evidence from Th-U-Pb ages on monazite and 40Ar/39Ar ages

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 316-338

  Duclaux, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Rolland, Yann ^d   Ruffet, Gilles ^e   Ménot, René Pierre ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^f   Peucat, Jean Jacques ^e   Fanning, Mark ^g   Rey, Patrice ^b   Pêcher, Arnaud ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craton reactivation; Polyphase tectonic evolution; Strain localization; Th U Pb dating of monazite

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; MONAZITE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; THORIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEORGE V COAST;

EID: 55949085735     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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