Detrital U-Pb zircon analysis of an Eocene McMurdo Erratic sandstone, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Paulsen, T ^a   Encarnacion J ^b   Valencia, V A ^c   Roti Rotia, J M ^a   Rasoazanamparany, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital; Eocene; McMurdo Erratics; Provenance; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; ORDOVICIAN; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

EID: 80053223038     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2011.582123     Document Type: Article

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