40Ar/39Ar constraints on the age and thermal history of the Urucum Neoproterozoic banded iron-formation, Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-62

  Piacentini, Thiago ^a   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Banded iron formation; Brasiliano; Neoproterozoic; Urucum

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BANDED IRON FORMATION; COLLISION ZONE; COOLING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUSCOVITE; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; URUCUM MINE;

EID: 84873437373     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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