A rare earth element study of complex zircons from early Archaean Amîtsoq gneisses, Godthåbsfjord, south-west Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 363-377

  Whitehouse, Martin J ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Godth bsfjord; Greenland; Lanthanides; Petrogenesis; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

AGE; ARCHAEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; GREENLAND; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MELTING POINT; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND;

EID: 0346850916     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00105-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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