An evaluation of the age of high-grade metamorphism in the Caledonides of BiskayerhalvØya, NW Svalbard

GFF

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Peter Gromet, L ^a   Gee, David G ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Eclogite; Iapetus; Ordovician; Sphene; Svalbard; Uraniumlead dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000274008     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899801202199     Document Type: Article

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