Short-lived mafic magmatism at 560-570 Ma in the northern Norwegian Caledonides: U-Pb zircon ages from the Seiland Igneous Province

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 887-903

  Roberts, R James ^a   Corfu, F ^b   Torsvik, T H ^c,d   Ashwal, L D ^a   Ramsay, D M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Caledonides; Magmatism; Seiland; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CALEDONIDES; COMPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISMS; SEILAND; STRUCTURAL MODELING; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

LEAD ALLOYS;

DIORITE; EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MONAZITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 32844456523     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002512     Document Type: Article

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