Late-stage extensional exhumation of high-pressure granulites in the Greenland Caledonides

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-262

  McClelland, William C ^a   Gilotti, Jane A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Extension; Greenland; High pressure granulites; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROPROBES;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; KYANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZIRCON;

GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; COLLAPSE; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037344814     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0259:LSEEOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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