U-Pb zircon ages from the Bymarka ophiolite, near Trondheim, Central Norwegian Caledonides, and regional implications

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-30

  Roberts, David ^a   Walker, Nicholas ^b,c   Slagstad, Trond ^c   Solli, Arne ^d   Krill, Allan ^e  

^a Norges geologiske undersøkelse NGU   (Norway)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PLAGIOGRANITE; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOR-TRONDELAG; TRONDHEIM;

EID: 0038618480     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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