Detrital zircon SHRIMP U-Pb age study of the Cordillera Darwin Metamorphic Complex of Tierra del Fuego: Sedimentary sources and implications for the evolution of the Pacific margin of Gondwana

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-558

  Herve F ^a   Fanning, C M ^b   Pankhurst, R J ^c   Mpodozis, C ^d,e   Klepeis, K ^f   Calderon M ^a   Thomson, S N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Enap Sipetrol   (Chile)

^e Antofagasta Minerals SA   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMBRIAN; CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; JURASSIC; PALEOZOIC; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 77951902923     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-124     Document Type: Article

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