Detrital zircon ages: Improving interpretation via Nd and Hf isotopic data

Chemical Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 277-292

  Howard, Katherine E ^a   Hand, Martin ^a   Barovich, Karin M ^a   Reid, Anthony ^b   Wade, Benjamin P ^a   Belousova, Elena A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Gawler Craton; Hf isotopes; Nd isotopes; Proterozoic; Provenance

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67349216344     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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