The metamorphic history of the Isua Greenstone Belt, West Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 199, Issue , 2002, Pages 329-350

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GARNET; GREENSTONE BELT; KYANITE; METAMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037002205     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.199.01.16     Document Type: Article

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