Surgeon island granite SHRIMP zircon ages: a clue for the Cambrian tectonic setting and evolution of the Palaeopacific margin of Gondwana (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)

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2005

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Fioretti, A
Caponi, G.
Black, Lance
Varne, R
Visonà, Dario

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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In northern Victoria Land (NVL), Antarctica, the palaeopacific margin of Gondwana is made up of the inboard Wilson (WT) and the two outboard Bowers (BT) and Robertson Bay (RBT) terranes. The occurrence of a Cambro-Ordovician magmatic arc in the WT argues

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Keywords: Cambrian; Gondwana; paleogeography; SHRIMP dating; tectonic setting; Antarctica; Arctic and Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; World

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Terra Nova

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