Anatomy of the Early Proterozoic Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland, explored by reconnaissance SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-518

  Kalsbeek, Feiko ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ARCHEAN; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; ISOTOPE DATA; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; PROTEROZOIC; U-PB ZIRCON DATING; WEST GREENLAND;

LEAD ALLOYS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND; NAGSSUGTOQIDIAN OROGEN;

EID: 0029730208     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0515:AOTEPN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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