Geochronological constraints on the age of a Permo-Triassic impact event: U-Pb and 40Ar/ 39Ar results for the 40km Araguainha structure of central Brazil

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-227

  Tohver, E ^a   Lana, C ^b   Cawood, P A ^a,c   Fletcher, I R ^d   Jourdan, F ^d   Sherlock, S ^e   Rasmussen, B ^d   Trindade, R I F ^f   Yokoyama, E ^f   Souza Filho, C R ^g   Marangoni, Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASEMENT ROCK; BIOTITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRANITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MONAZITE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARAGUAINHA DOME; BRAZIL; KAROO; PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860568580     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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