Geochemistry, age and origin of metagreywackes from the Palaeoproterozoic Karrat Group, Rinkian Belt, West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 383-399

  Kalsbeek, F ^a,c   Pulvertaft, T C R ^a   Nutman, A P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Greywackes; Isotopes; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP; Zircon ages

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAYWACKE; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032585051     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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