Single-grain zircon dating of the metamorphic and granitic rocks from the Biscayarhalvøya-Holtedahlfonna zone, north-west Spitsbergen

Polar Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-265

  Ohta, Yoshihide ^a   Larionov, Alexander N ^b   Tebenkov, Alexander M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Russian Geological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c Geological Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ENTOVALVA; MYA;

EID: 0345831988     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v22i2.6459     Document Type: Article

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