Exploring the plutonic–volcanic link: A zircon U–Pb, Lu–Hf and O isotope study of paired volcanic and granitic units from southeastern Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-355

  Kemp, A I S ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Paterson, B A ^a   Foster, G L ^a   Kinny, P D ^b   Whitehouse, M J ^c   Maas, R ^d   Eimf, ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Lachlan Fold Belt; O isotope; Silicic magma; zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016394739     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001498     Document Type: Article

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