U-Pb zircon, zircon Hf and whole-rock Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on the evolution of Paleoproterozoic rocks in the northern Gawler Craton

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 615-638

  Howard, K E ^a   Hand, M ^a   Barovich, K M ^a   Payne, J L ^a   Cutts, K A ^a   Belousova, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gawler Craton; Hf isotope; Nd isotope; Orthogneiss; Paleoproterozoic; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASIN FILL; HAFNIUM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMARIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; CURNAMONA PROVINCE; GAWLER CRATON; NORTH AUSTRALIAN CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79961160232     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2011.594905     Document Type: Article

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