Palaeoproterozoic to Palaeozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Shackleton Range, East Antarctica: Constraints from zircon and monazite dating, and implications for the amalgamation of Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 25-45

  Will, T M ^a   Zeh, A ^a   Gerdes, A ^b   Frimmel, H E ^a   Millar, I L ^c   Schmadicke E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Gondwana assembly; Shackleton Range; Zircon and monazite U Pb and Th U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 66649124318     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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