U-Pb zircon systematics at Gruinard Bay, northwest Scotland: Implications for the early orogenic evolution of the Lewisian complex

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-345

  Corfu, Fernando ^a   Crane, Alan ^b   Moser, Desmond ^a,d   Rogers, Graeme ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0008080304     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050456     Document Type: Article

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