U-Pb radiometric age of Nunarsuit pegmatite, Greenland: Constraints on the timing of Gardar magmatism

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Finch, Adrian A ^a   Mansfeld, Joakim ^b,c   Andersen, T O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alkaline rocks; Cathodoluminescence; Gardar province; Mid proterozoic; Nunarsuit complex; Zircons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012327214     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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