The 2.40 Ga Ringvassøy mafic dykes, West Troms Basement Complex, Norway: The concluding act of early Palaeoproterozoic continental breakup

Precambrian Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 183-200

  Kullerud, Kåre ^a   Skjerlie, Kjell Petter ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^b   de la Rosa, Jesús D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fennoscandian shield; Mafic dykes; Palaeoproterozoic; West Troms Basement Complex

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIKE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

COLA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33749589760     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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