Fission track dating of phosphate minerals and the thermochronology of apatite

AJW Gleadow, DX Belton… - … in mineralogy and …, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Several phosphate minerals have been investigated for their usefulness in geochronology
and thermochronology by the fission track method. Of these, apatite [Ca5 (PO4) 3 (F, Cl …

Geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains, from ancient craton to recent enigma

JW Goodge - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are one of Earth's great mountain belts and
are a fundamental physiographic feature of Antarctica. They are continental-scale, traverse a …

Detachment models for the formation of passive continental margins

GS Lister, MA Etheridge, PA Symonds - Tectonics, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
The inherent asymmetry of extension by detachment leads to contrasting and conjugate
classes of passive margins. Upper‐plate margins comprise crust above a deeper …

Interpretation of (U–Th)/He single grain ages from slowly cooled crustal terranes: a case study from the Transantarctic Mountains of southern Victoria Land

PG Fitzgerald, SL Baldwin, LE Webb, PB O'Sullivan - Chemical Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
Low temperature thermochronologic techniques (eg apatite fission track (AFT)
thermochronology and (U–Th)/He dating) constrain near-surface T–t paths and are often …

Cretaceous geotectonic patterns in the New Zealand region

JD Bradshaw - Tectonics, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
In the mid‐Cretaceous, around 105±5 Ma, the tectonic regime in New Zealand changed
significantly. From the Permian to the Early Cretaceous most rocks formed under the …

The influence of eroding topography on steady-state isotherms. Application to fission track analysis

K Stüwe, L White, R Brown - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1994 - Elsevier
The influence of surface topography on the form of steady-state isotherms during erosion-
driven denudation is investigated. This is of particular interest to the interpretation of low …

Uplift history and structure of the Transantarctic Mountains: New evidence from fission track dating of basement apatites in the Dry Valleys area, southern Victoria Land

AJW Gleadow, PG Fitzgerald - Earth and planetary science letters, 1987 - Elsevier
Fission track analysis of apatites from basement rocks of the Wright Valley in southern
Victoria Land provides information about the timing, the amount and hence the rate of uplift …

Cenozoic motion between east and west Antarctica

SC Cande, JM Stock, RD Müller, T Ishihara - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Abstract The West Antarctic rift system is the result of late Mesozoic and Cenozoic extension
between East and West Antarctica, and represents one of the largest active continental rift …

Uncertainties and implications of the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary position of North America relative to the Farallon, Kula, and Pacific plates

J Stock, P Molnar - Tectonics, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
We present updated global plate reconstructions and calculated uncertainties of the Pacific,
Kula, and Farallon/Vancouver plates relative to North America for selected times since 68 …

[KNJIGA][B] The Ross Orogen of the transantarctic mountains

E Stump - 1995 - books.google.com
During the period from the Neoproterozoic to the early Paleozoic, numerous continental
fragments in the Southern Hemisphere consolidated along a series of interconnected …