SHRIMP-RG U-Pb isotopic systematics of zircon from the Angel Lake orthogneiss, East Humboldt Range, Nevada: Is this really Archean crust? REPLY

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 966-972

  Premo, Wayne R ^a   Castiñeiras, Pedro ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUST; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORTHOGNEISS; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANGEL LAKE; HUMBOLDT RANGE; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251591977     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00592.1     Document Type: Article

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