The Annandagstoppane granite, East Antarctica: evidence for Archaean intracrustal recycling in the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton from zircon O and Hf isotopes

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Marschall, Horst R., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Storey, Craig D., Dhuime, Bruno, Leat, Philip T., Meyer, Hans-Peter, Tamm-Buckle, Sune
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Annandagstoppane; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Grunehogna; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11779/

The Grunehogna Craton (GC, East Antarctica) is interpreted as part of the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa prior to Gondwana breakup. The basement of the GC is exposed only within a small area comprising the dominantly leucocratic Annandagstoppane (ADT) S-type granite. The granite (and he...