Geochemistry and U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of The Man of War Gneiss, Lizard complex, SW England: Pre-Hercynian arc-type crust with a Sudeten-Iberian connection

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-417

  Sandeman, H A ^a   Clark, A H ^a   Styles, M T ^b   Scott, D J ^c,d   Malpas, J G ^e   Farrar, E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornwall England; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Island arcs; Meta igneous rocks; Ophiolite complexes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

UK, ENGLAND, CORNWALL, LIZARD COMPLEX;

EID: 0030761324     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0403     Document Type: Article

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