Correlation of Ordovician diamictites from Argentina and South Africa using detrital zircon dating

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-220

  van Staden, Anelda ^a,b   Zimmermann, Udo ^a,c   Chemale Jr , Farid ^d,e   Gutzmer, Jens ^a,f   Germs, G J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^f TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIAMICTITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE COVER; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 74849096197     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-023     Document Type: Article

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