Zircon U-Pb geochronology of paragneisses and biotite granites from the SW Iberian Massif (Portugal): Evidence for a palaeogeographical link between the Ossa-Morena Ediacaran basins and the West African craton

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2008

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Pereira, M. Francisco
Chichorro, Martim
Williams, Ian
Silva, Jose B.

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Geological Society of London

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Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U-Th-Pb age determinations on detrital and inherited zircon from the Évora Massif (SW Iberian Massif, Portugal) provide direct evidence for the provenance of the Ossa-Morena Ediacaran basins (Série Negra) and a p

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Keywords: Archean; Cambrian; Ediacaran; geochronology; granite; ion microprobe; lead; paleogeography; Paleozoic; paragenesis; partial melting; Proterozoic; provenance; uranium; zircon; Africa; Algeria; Central Europe; Eurasia; Europe; Evora [Portugal]; Germany; Nor

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Geological Society of London Special Publication

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