U-Pb age, setting and tectonic significance of the anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite suite, Lofoten-Vesterålen, Norway

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1799-1819

  Corfu, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anorthosite mangerite charnockite granite; Lithospheric processes; Lofoten Vester len; Svecofennian orogen; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC FACIES; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VESTERALEN;

EID: 2942536176     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh034     Document Type: Article

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