SIMS U-Pb zircon ages for the Upper Devonian Snobs Creek and Cerberean Volcanics from Victoria, with age uncertainty based on UO 2 /UO v. UO/U precision

Compston, William

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SIMS U-Pb zircon ages for the Upper Devonian Snobs Creek and Cerberean Volcanics from Victoria, with age uncertainty based on UO 2 /UO v. UO/U precision

Date

2004

Authors

Compston, William

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Abstract

Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon 206Pb/238U ages for the Snobs Creek Volcanics and the overlying Cerberean Volcanics in central Victoria are analytically indistinguishable at 373.2 ± 1.8 and 375.0 ± 2.0 Ma (2σ). The SHRIMP data