Rubidium-Strontium Date of Possibly 3 Billion Years for a Granitic Rock from Antarctica

A single total rock sample of biotite granite from Jule Peaks, Antarctica, has been dated by the rubidium-strontium method at about 3 billion years. The juxtaposition of this sector of Antarctica with Africa in the Dietz and Sproll continental drift reconstruction results in a possible geochronologi...

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Main Author: Halpern, Martin
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Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1970
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3949.977
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spelling craaas:10.1126/science.169.3949.977 2024-09-15T17:41:14+00:00 Rubidium-Strontium Date of Possibly 3 Billion Years for a Granitic Rock from Antarctica Halpern, Martin 1970 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3949.977 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.169.3949.977 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 169, issue 3949, page 977-978 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1970 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3949.977 2024-07-25T04:01:11Z A single total rock sample of biotite granite from Jule Peaks, Antarctica, has been dated by the rubidium-strontium method at about 3 billion years. The juxtaposition of this sector of Antarctica with Africa in the Dietz and Sproll continental drift reconstruction results in a possible geochronologic fit of the Princess Martha Coast of Antarctica with a covered possible notheastern extension of the African Swaziland Shield, which contains granitic rocks that are also 3 billion years old. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Princess Martha Coast AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 169 3949 977 978
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description A single total rock sample of biotite granite from Jule Peaks, Antarctica, has been dated by the rubidium-strontium method at about 3 billion years. The juxtaposition of this sector of Antarctica with Africa in the Dietz and Sproll continental drift reconstruction results in a possible geochronologic fit of the Princess Martha Coast of Antarctica with a covered possible notheastern extension of the African Swaziland Shield, which contains granitic rocks that are also 3 billion years old.
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title_full_unstemmed Rubidium-Strontium Date of Possibly 3 Billion Years for a Granitic Rock from Antarctica
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