Conflicting mineral and whole-rock isochron ages from the Late-Archaean Lewisian Complex of northwestern Scotland: Implications for geochronology in polymetamorphic high-grade terrains

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3085-3102

  Whitehouse, M J ^a,c   Fowler, M B ^b   Friend, C R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL FORMATION; LEWISIAN; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, GRUINARD BAY;

EID: 0030499080     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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