U-Pb isotopic evidence for the accretion of different crustal blocks to form the Lewisian Complex of northwest Scotland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-340

  Kinny, P D ^a   Friend, C R L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUST FORMATION; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031370848     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050340     Document Type: Article

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