Detrital and metamorphic40Ar/39Ar ages from muscovite and whole-rock samples, Meguma Supergroup, southern Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Hicks, Roberta J ^a   Jamieson, Rebecca A ^b   Reynolds, Peter H ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; MAHONE BAY; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0032711980     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-081     Document Type: Article

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