Proterozoic events recorded in quartzite cobbles at Jack Hills, Western Australia: New constraints on sedimentation and source of > 4 Ga zircons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 158-169

  Grange, Marion L ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^a   Nemchin, Alexander A ^a   Pidgeon, Robert T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conglomerate; Jack Hills; Mesoproterozoic sedimentation; U Pb dating; zircon

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CONGLOMERATE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; EARTH'S SURFACE; HEAVY MINERALS; MESOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTATION; OSCILLATORY ZONING; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; U-PB DATING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONGLOMERATE; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; ZONING;

AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77349118703     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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