The mid-Cretaceous transition from basement to cover within sedimentary rocks in eastern New Zealand: Evidence from detrital zircon age patterns

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-478

  Adams, Christopher J ^a   Mortimer, Nick ^a   Campbell, Hamish J ^a   Griffin, William L ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; detrital zircon; New Zealand; Pahau Terrane; provenance; sedimentary basin; Torlesse Terrane; U Pb dating; Waioeka Terrane

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; LEAD ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; NEW ZEALAND; PAHAU TERRANE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TORLESSE TERRANE; U-PB DATING; WAIOEKA TERRANE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84876011743     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000611     Document Type: Article

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