40Ar/39Ar dating of the Skaergaard Intrusion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 645-658

  Hirschmann, Marc M ^a,d   Renne, Paul R ^b   McBirney, Alexander R ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ar 40 Ar 39; East greenland; Geologic barometry; Skaergaard intrusion

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; LAYERED INTRUSION; TERTIARY;

GREENLAND, SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 0030863527     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00250-6     Document Type: Article

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