Cretaceous age, composition, and microstructure of pseudotachylyte in the Otago Schist, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-29

  Barker, Shaun L L ^a,f   Sibson, Richard H ^a   Palin, J Michael ^a   FitzGerald, John D ^b   Reddy, Steve ^c   Warr, Laurence N ^d   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Friction melting; Geochronology; Otago; Pseudotachylyte; Schist

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FELDSPAR; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOST ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; POTASSIUM; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SCHIST;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77954029758     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288301003631764     Document Type: Article

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