The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3900-3600 Ma)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1-39

  Nutman, Allen P ^a   McGregor, Victor R ^b   Friend, Clark R L ^c   Bennett, Victoria C ^a   Kinny, Peter D ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Atammik   (Greenland)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ITSAQ GNEISS COMPLEX;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0029730215     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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