A40/K40 age of gneiss from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Samuel S. Goldich, A. O. Nier, A. L. Washburn
Abstract
Samuel S. Goldich, A. O. Nier, A. L. Washburn
Abstract
Biotite from paragneiss of Gneiss Point, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica is dated at 520 m y by the A40/K40 method. Metamorphism of Precambrian sediments at the close of Precambrian or in Cambrian time is indicated, but additional work is needed.
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Biotite from paragneiss of Gneiss Point, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica is dated at 520 m y by the A40/K40 method. Metamorphism of Precambrian sediments at the close of Precambrian or in Cambrian time is indicated, but additional work is needed.
Key concepts: Precambrian, Gneiss, Geology, Metamorphism, Sound (geography), Biotite, Geochemistry, Metamorphic rock