Th-U-total Pb geochronology of authigenic monazite in the Adelaide rift complex, South Australia, and implications for the age of the type Sturtian and Marinoan glacial deposits

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 76-86

  Mahan, K H ^a   Wernicke, B P ^a   Jercinovic, M J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelaide rift complex; Marinoan; monazite; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE MINIMUM; ADELAIDE; ADELAIDE RIFT COMPLEX; AGE CONSTRAINTS; AUTHIGENIC; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ICE AGE; IN-SITU; ISOCHRON AGE; NAMIBIA; NEOPROTEROZOIC; RODINIA SUPERCONTINENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRUCTURAL PATTERN;

DEPOSITS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD DEPOSITS; MONAZITE; OSMIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MONAZITE DEPOSITS;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERGLACIAL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MONAZITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RODINIA; SANDSTONE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72949086249     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.031     Document Type: Article

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