Geochemistry and geochronology of high-grade rocks from the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica: Evidence for an Early Neoproterozoic basement metamorphosed during a single Late Neoproterozoic/Cambrian tectonic cycle

• Published in: Precambrian Research
• Main Authors: Jahn, BM, Zhao, G, Zhao, Y, Liu, X
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/precamres 2007
• Subjects: Grove Mountains; Single Metamorphic Cycle; Prydz Belt; Mafic-Felsic Intrusion; Early Neoproterozoic; East Antarctica; Late Neoproterozoic/Cambrian; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.005; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151213

The Grove Mountains of East Antarctica are an inland continuation of the Prydz Belt. The high-grade metamorphic complex in this area is composed of felsic orthogneisses and mafic granulites, with minor paragneisses and calc-silicate rocks. U-Pb zircon analyses using SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS techniques r...