Coupled U-Pb-Hf of detrital zircons of Cambrian sandstones from Morocco and Sardinia: Implications for provenance and Precambrian crustal evolution of North Africa

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 690-703

  Avigad, D ^a   Gerdes, A ^b   Morag, N ^a   Bechstadt T ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d GeoResources STC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Detrital zircons; Neoproterozoic; North Africa; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856227797     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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