Detrital-zircon ages and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks in basement Mesozoic terranes and their cover rocks in New Caledonia, and provenances at the Eastern Gondwanaland margin

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1023-1047

  Adams, C J ^a   Cluzel, D ^b,c   Griffin, W L ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Gondwanaland; Mesozoic; Neodymium isotopes; New Caledonia; Strontium isotopes; Volcaniclastics

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRAYWACKE; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 70449122798     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090903246162     Document Type: Article

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