Globally synchronous marinoan deglaciation indicated by U-Pb geochronology of the cottons Breccia, Tasmania, Australia

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1127-1130

  Calver, C R ^a   Crowley, J L ^b   Wingate, M T D ^c,d   Evans, D A D ^e   Raub, T D ^f   Schmitz, M D ^b  

^a Department of State Growth   (Australia)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COTTON; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

AGE CONSTRAINTS; AUSTRALIA; CRYOGENIAN; DEGLACIATIONS; EDIACARAN; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; MARINOAN; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; U-PB ZIRCON;

ZIRCON;

ABRASION; BRECCIA; DEGLACIATION; DOLOMITE; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; POSTGLACIAL; SANDSTONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALIA; KING ISLAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 84884517453     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/g34568.1     Document Type: Article

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