Tracking the influence of a continental margin on growth of a magmatic arc, Fiordland, New Zealand, using thermobarometry, thermochronology, and zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Scott, J M ^a,b   Cooper, A F ^a   Palin, J M ^a   Tulloch, A J ^c   Kula, J ^d   Jongens, R ^c   Spell, T L ^d   Pearson, N J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CAMBRIANS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEPTH; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; GREENSCHIST; HF ISOTOPE; JURASSIC; LARGE PARTS; LATE DEVONIAN; MAGMATIC ARCS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MYLONITES; NEW ZEALAND; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTONS; PROTEROZOIC; RE-EQUILIBRATION; THERMOBAROMETRY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ZIRCON;

BAROMETRY; BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GNEISS; GONDWANA; GREENSCHIST; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MYLONITE; PLUTON; PLUTONISM; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 77957967850     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002489     Document Type: Article

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