SHRIMP Pb/U zircon ages constrain gabbroic crustal accretion at Atlantis Bank on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 540-550

  Baines, A Graham ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^b   John, Barbara E ^b   Grimes, Craig B ^c   Schwartz, Joshua J ^d   Wooden, Joseph L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hole 1105A; Hole 735B; Ocean Drilling Program; oceanic crust; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

HOLE 1105A; HOLE 735B; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; U-PB ZIRCON DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ZIRCON;

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 70350125898     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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