Initial Pb of the Amitsoq gneiss revisited: Implications for the timing of early Archaean crustal evolution in West Greenland - Reply

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 309-312

  Kamber, Balz S ^a   Moorbath, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amitsoq gneiss; Pb; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; LEAD;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034038831     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00227-2     Document Type: Note

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