New Caledonian eclogite province in Norway and potential Laurentian (Taconic) and Baltic links

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 985-988

  Steltenpohl, Mark ^a   Hames, Willis ^a   Andresen, Arild ^b   Markl, Gregor ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar isotopes; Appalachian; Baltica; Caledonian; Eclogites; Laurentian

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC DATING;

ARGON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; ECLOGITE; LAURENTIA; METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0346847655     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19744.1     Document Type: Article

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