Provenance of Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Teplá-Barrandian unit (Bohemian Massif): Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-231

  Drost, Kerstin ^a,b   Gerdes, Axel ^c   Jeffries, Teresa ^d   Linnemann, Ulf ^b   Storey, Craig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Mineralogie   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Neoproterozoic; Paleozoic; Provenance; Tepl Barrandian unit

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CZECH REPUBLIC; TEPLA-BARRANDIAN;

EID: 78650683108     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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