Geology and timing of dextral strike-slip shear zones in Danmarkshavn, North-East Greenland Caledonides

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-446

  Sartini Rideout, Claudia ^a   Gilotti, J A ^a   McClelland, W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Exhumation; Greenland Caledonides; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; TIMING CIRCUITS; ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; ECLOGITES; EXHUMATION; GREENLAND; STRIKE-SLIP SHEAR ZONES; U-PB SHRIMP; ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISMS;

GRANITE;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33746625927     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806001968     Document Type: Article

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