U-Pb zircon geochronology of silurian-devonian granites in southeastern Australia: Implications for the timing of the benambran orogeny and the I-S dichotomy

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 501-516

  Ickert, R B ^a,b   Williams, I S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berridale; Geochronology; Granite; I type; Kosciuszko; S type; U pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; I-TYPE ROCK; OROGENY; S-TYPE ROCK; SILURIAN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79960196719     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2011.562922     Document Type: Review

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