Defining unconformities in Proterozoic sedimentary basins using detrital geochronology and basin analysis - An example from the Mount Isa Inlier, Australia

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2009

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Neumann, Narelle
Southgate, P
Gibson, George M

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Elsevier

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Detrital zircons from sedimentary rocks below and above a major regional Palaeoproterozoic unconformity (the ∼1690-1670 Ma Gun unconformity of the Mount Isa Inlier) were dated using U-Pb SHRIMP techniques to test whether calculated maximum depositional

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Keywords: basin evolution; deposition; detritus; geochronology; inlier; Proterozoic; sedimentary basin; sedimentary rock; unconformity; Australasia; Australia; Mount Isa Inlier; Queensland Basin evolution; Detrital; Mount Isa Inlier; Proterozoic; U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology

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Precambrian Research

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