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

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 301-308

  McGregor, V R ^a  

^a Atammik   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; LEAD;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034071513     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00224-7     Document Type: Note

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