Metamorphic history suggested by garnet-growth chronologies in the Isua Greenstone Belt, West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-196

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Garnet zoning; Isua Greenstone Belt; Metamorphic history

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHRONOLOGY; GARNET; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; TEXTURE; ZONING;

CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; OSCILLATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0346139502     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00094-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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