A new, high precision U-Pb date from the oldest known rocks in southern Britain

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-150

  Schofield, D I ^a   Millar, I L ^b   Wilby, P R ^a   Evans, J A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Gondwana; Late Neoproterozoic; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AVALONIA; CRUSTAL SOURCES; GONDWANA; GRANITIC ROCKS; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; SOURCE MATERIAL; U-PB DATING; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

URANIUM ALLOYS;

AVALONIA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953616541     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680999063X     Document Type: Article

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