U-Pb zircon geochronological evidence for Neoproterozoic events in the Glenfinnan Group (Moine Supergroup): The formation of the Ardgour granite gneiss, north-west Scotland

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 128, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-113

  Friend, C R L ^a   Kinny, P D ^b   Rogers, G ^c   Strachan, R A ^a   Paterson, B A ^c,d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Isotopic Analytical Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE GNEISS; PROTEROZOIC;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031371066     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050297     Document Type: Article

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