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Potassium–Argon Age of Plutonic Intrusives on Cape Colville Peninsula and Cuvier Island, New Zealand

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THIS communication reports the results of potassium–argon age determinations of biotite and hornblende concentrates from each of two quartz diorite samples of the Paritu Pluton (36° 32′ S., 175° 20′ E.), and of plagioclase and biotite from the hornfels on Cuvier Island (36° 26′ S., 175° 46′ E.) from which we were able to obtain an estimate of the age of the Cuvier Plutonics (Table 1).

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  1. Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra

    J. R. RICHARDS & J. A. COOPER

  2. Department of Geology, University of Auckland, New Zealand

    P. M. BLACK

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RICHARDS, J., COOPER, J. & BLACK, P. Potassium–Argon Age of Plutonic Intrusives on Cape Colville Peninsula and Cuvier Island, New Zealand. Nature 211, 725–726 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211725a0

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