Late Cambrian U-Pb zircon age of a metatrondhjemite from Ytteroya, Trondheimsfjorden, Central Norwegian Caledonides

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Roberts, David ^a   Tucker, Robert D ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TRONDHJEMITE;

NORWAY, TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN, YTTEROYA;

EID: 0032444989     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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