Thermotectonic evolution of a rifted continental margin: Fission track evidence from the Kangerlussuaq area, SE Greenland

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 458-469

  Hansen, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; RIFTING; THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

GREENLAND, KANGERLUSSUAQ;

EID: 0030425650     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00771.x     Document Type: Article

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