A 40Ar/39Ar and U/Pb isotopic study of the Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland: Implications for the 40K decay constant and for the duration of magmatic activity in a peralkaline complex

Chemical Geology

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 258-273

  Krumrei, Thomas V ^a   Villa, Igor M ^b,c   Marks, Michael A W ^a   Markl, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; 40K decay constant; Geochronology; Il maussaq; Peralkaline

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33644948092     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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