Ion microprobe U-Pb zircon geochronology and correlation of Archaean gneisses from the Lewisian Complex of Gruinard Bay, northwestern Scotland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4429-4438

  Whitehouse, M J ^a   Claesson, S ^a   Sunde, T ^a   Vestin, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, GRUINARD BAY;

EID: 0031430023     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00251-2     Document Type: Article

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