Crustal growth and crustal recycling in the Nagssugtoqidian orogen of West Greenland: Constraints from radiogenic isotope systematics and U-Pb zircon geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 365-381

  Whitehouse, Martin J ^a,e   Kalsbeek, Feiko ^b,c   Nutman, Allen P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archean crust; Isotopes; Paleoproterozoic orogenic belts; West greenland

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

GREENLANDD;

EID: 0032585056     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(98)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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