High-rate flexure of the East Greenland volcanic margin: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar dating of basaltic dykes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 515-528

  Lenoir, Xavier ^a,b   Féraud, Gilbert ^c   Geoffroy, Laurent ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 39 dating; Dykes; Flexure; Greenland; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIKE; EXTENSION; FLEXURE; PALEOGENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; VOLCANISM;

EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 0141631710     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00392-3     Document Type: Article

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