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  <dc:contributor>A.A. Laiba</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>B.V. Beliatsky</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>N.A. Gongurov</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2007</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Precambrian rocks at Mt Meredith underwent granulite-facies metamorphism M1. Zircon isotope dating for 
two orthogneisses revealed the following age signatures: 1294±3 and 957±4Ma; 1105±5 and 887±2Ma. The oldest ages 
could reflect the time of orthogneiss protolith crystallization and the latest age determinations date Grenvillian 
metamorphism. The metamorphic rocks were intruded by two-mica and garnet-biotite granites. The granites and host 
rocks underwent amphibolite-facies metamorphism M2. Zircon isotope analysis of the two-mica granites showed age 
estimation within 550-510Ma and zircon dating of the garnet-biotite granites revealed the ages of 1107±5, 953±8, and 
551±4Ma. As Pan-African age signatures were obtained from only the granite samples, it is possible to suggest that the 
granites were formed at the time of 510-550Ma and the zircons with greater age values were captured by granites from 
the host rocks.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr20071047SRP100</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Major magmatic events in Mt Meredith, Prince Charles Mountains: First evidence for early Palaeozoic syntectonic granites</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>