U-Th-Pb isotope data indicate phanerozoic age for oxidation of the 3.4Ga Apex Basalt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-206

  Li, Weiqiang ^a,b   Johnson, Clark M ^a,b   Beard, Brian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex Basalt, Pilbara Craton; Hematite; Marble Bar Chert; Tertiary deep weathering; U addition; U Th Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARCHEAN ROCKS; AUSTRALIA; BAR AREA; BEDDING PLANES; DRILL CORE; DRILLING PROJECTS; ENDMEMBERS; FERRIC OXIDE; FREE OXYGEN; ISOCHRONS; ISOTOPE DATA; LINEAR ARRAYS; PILBARA; SHEAR ZONE; TWO-COMPONENT;

BASALT; CORE DRILLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; MARBLE; OXIDATION; WEATHERING;

LEAD;

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEMATITE; LEAD ISOTOPE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PHANEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862802478     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.035     Document Type: Article

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