Crustal evolution of the south mayo trough, western Ireland, based on U-Pb ages and Hf-o isotopes in detrital zircons

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 681-689

  Yin, Q Z ^a   Wimpenny, J ^a   Tollstrup, D L ^a   Mange, M ^a   Dewey, J F ^a,b   Zhou, Q ^c   Li, X H ^c   Wu, F Y ^c   Li, Q L ^c   Liu, Y ^c   Tang, G Q ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CONTINENTAL AREA; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GROWTH PERIOD; HF MODEL AGES; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; IRELAND; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE PROCESSING; TIME-SCALES; U-PB AGES; U-PB ZIRCON;

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES;

LEAD;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEWISIAN; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TROUGH; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

IRELAND;

EID: 84868575728     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2011-164     Document Type: Article

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