Zircon U-Pb dating of Mesozoic volcanic and tectonic events in north-west Palmer Land and south-west Graham Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Leat, P T ^a   Flowerdew, M J ^a   Riley, T R ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b   Scarrow, J H ^c   Millar, I L ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Geochronology; Magmatic arc; Orthogneiss; Palmer Land event; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; MESOZOIC; ORTHOGNEISS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; GRAHAM LAND; PALMER LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 76849097054     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009990320     Document Type: Article

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