Archaean crust in the Rayner Complex of east Antarctica: Oygarden Group of islands, Kemp Land

• Main Authors: Kelly, N M, Clarke, G L, Fanning, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Society of Edinburgh 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: Archean; granulite; uranium-lead dating; Antarctica; Arctic and Antarctic; East Antarctica; World Granulite facies; Pb-loss; Recrystallisation; U-Pb geochronology; Zircon; Antarctic; Arctic; Kemp Land; Oygarden; Oygarden Group; Rayner; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84048

Archaean zircon grains from the Oygarden Group of islands in Kemp Land, east Antarctica, record evidence for multiple episodes of recrystallisation, dissolution and growth from the Early to Middle Archaean to the Neoproterozoic. Zircon grains in layered felsic orthogneiss have an age of ∼ 3650 Ma, a...