U-Pb geochronology of Permian plutonic rocks, Longwood Range, New Zealand: Implications for Median Batholith-Brook Street Terrane relations

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-85

  McCoy West, A J ^a   Mortimer, N ^b   Ireland, T R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brook Street Terrane; Darran Suite; Hekeia Gabbro; Holly Burn Intrusives; Longwood Suite; Median Batholith; Pourakino Trondhjemite; SHRIMP; U Pb geochronology; zircon

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BATHOLITH; GABBRO; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANODIORITE; HORNBLENDE; PERMIAN; PLUTONIC ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

LONGWOOD RANGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ILEX;

EID: 84897624332     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.869235     Document Type: Article

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