Age and provenance of basement rocks of the chatham Islands: An outpost of Zealandia

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-259

  Adams, C J ^a   Campbell, H J ^a   Griffin, W J ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chatham Islands; Metamorphic rocks; Provenance; Rb Sr dating; Sr isotopes; U Pb dating; Zealandia; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE; BASEMENT ROCK; GRAYWACKE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METASEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SANDSTONE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57049088614     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509863     Document Type: Article

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