U-Pb and Hf isotope data from zircons in the Macquarie Arc, Lachlan Orogen: Implications for arc evolution and Ordovician palaeogeography along part of the east Gondwana margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 670-685

  Glen, R A ^a,b   Saeed, A ^b   Quinn, C D ^a   Griffin, W L ^b  

^a Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Geochronology; Gondwana margin; Macquarie Arc; Magmatism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ARC; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 85008251711     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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