Defining unconformities in Proterozoic sedimentary basins using detrital geochronology and basin analysis-An example from the Mount Isa Inlier, Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 149-166

  Neumann, Narelle L ^a,b   Southgate, Peter N ^a   Gibson, George M ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Detrital; Mount Isa Inlier; Proterozoic; U Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITION; DETRITUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INLIER; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; UNCONFORMITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 58549114384     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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