ARCHEAN ROCKS IN ANTARCTICA - 2.5-BILLION-YEAR URANIUM-LEAD AGES OF PEGMATITES IN ENDERBY LAND

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GREW, ES [1 ]
MANTON, WI [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT GEOL,DALLAS,TX 75080
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10.1126/science.206.4417.443
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Uranium-lead isotopic data indicate that the granulite-facies Napier complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica, was cut by charnockitic pegmatites 2.5 billion years ago and by pegmatites lacking hypersthene 0.52 billion years ago. The 4-billion-year lead-lead ages (whole rock) reported for the Napier complex are rejected since these leads developed in three stages. Reconstructions of Gondwanaland suggest that the Napier complex may be a continuation of the Archean granulitic terrain of southern India. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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