An abrupt change in Nd isotopic composition in Australian basins at 1655Ma: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Australia and its place in NUNA

Precambrian Research

Volumn 208-211, Issue , 2012, Pages 213-221

  Lambeck, Alexis ^a,b,c   Barovich, Karin ^b   Gibson, George ^a   Huston, David ^a   Pisarevsky, Sergei ^d,e  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nd isotopes; NUNA; Proterozoic; Sedimentary basins; SWEAT; Tectonic reconstructions

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUVENILE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861460591     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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