U-Pb and 40Ar/ 39Ar constraints on the Fjord region detachment zone: A long-lived extensional fault in the central East Greenland Caledonides

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 795-809

  Hartz, E H ^a   Andresen, A ^a   Martin, M W ^b   Hodges, K V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Caledonides; Extension; Greenland; U Pb

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DETACHMENT FAULT; DEVONIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033924263     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.4.795     Document Type: Article

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