Coesite micro-inclusions and the U/Pb age of zircons from the Hareidland Eclogite in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway

Lithos

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-190

  Carswell, D A ^a   Tucker, R D ^b   O'Brien, P J ^c   Krogh, T E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d Royal Ontario Musuem ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Coesite; Eclogite; Norway; Raman spectroscopy; Zircon

Indexed keywords

COESITE; DEVONIAN; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

(WEST); NORWAY;

EID: 0037376553     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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