Age, Hf isotope and trace element signatures of detrital zircons in the Mesoproterozoic Eriksfjord sandstone, southern Greenland: Are detrital zircons reliable guides to sedimentary provenance and timing of deposition?

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-440

  Andersen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

detrital zircon; Eriksfjord Formation; Gardar Rift; Lu Hf isotopes; trace elements in zircon; U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM ALLOYS; RECYCLING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

DETRITAL ZIRCON; ERIKSFJORD FORMATION; GARDAR RIFT; HF ISOTOPE; U-PB AGES;

HAFNIUM ALLOYS;

AGE; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HAFNIUM; I-TYPE ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; THERMAL ALTERATION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; BALTIC SHIELD; EAST EUROPEAN CRATON; GARDAR; GREENLAND; KETILIDIAN BELT;

EID: 84876075983     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756812000623     Document Type: Article

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