Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Evolution of Gondwana's Pacific margin constrained by zircon U-Pb geochronology and feldspar common-Pb isotopic compositions

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 611-627

  Mukasa, S B ^a   Dalziel, I W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Marie Byrd Land; Tectonic evolution; U Pb; West Antarctica; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEPARATION; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARIE BYRD LAND; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WEST ANTARCTICA; ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND;

EID: 84879889109     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<611:MBLWAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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