A reappraisal of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex: Geochronological evidence for its tectonic assembly from disparate terranes in the Proterozoic

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-218

  Friend, C R L ^a   Kinny, P D ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GRANITE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035197006     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100100283     Document Type: Article

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