Dating the Itabira iron formation, Quadrilátero Ferrífero of Minas Gerais, Brazil, at 2.65Ga: Depositional U-Pb age of zircon from a metavolcanic layer

Precambrian Research

Volumn 204-205, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-45

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a   Zeh, Armin ^b   Koglin, Nikola ^c   Seabra Gomes, Antônio Augusto ^d   Viana, Deiwys José ^d   Lehmann, Bernd ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Facheinheit Mineralogie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d VALE ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Itabira iron formation; Minas gerais; Quadril tero ferr fero; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL; CARAJAS; MINAS GERAIS; PARA [BRAZIL]; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO;

EID: 84857946584     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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