Single-zircon Pb evaporation geochronology constrains basement-cover relationships in the Lower Hecla Hoek Complex of northern Ny Friesland, Svalbard

Chemical Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-134

  Hellman, F J ^a   Gee, D G ^b   Johansson, A ^c   Witt Nilsson, P ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Hecla Hoek; Ny Friesland; Pb evaporation ages; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT/COVER RELATIONS; LEAD EVAPORATION DATING; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

SVALBARD, NY FRIESLAND;

EID: 0030886526     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00152-0     Document Type: Article

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