Low temperature thermochronology of the southern East Greenland continental margin: Evidence from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission track analysis and implications for intermethod calibration

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-136

  Hansen, Kirsten ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^b  

^a Øster Voldgade 10 ^*  (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Fission track; Landscape evolution; Long term cooling; Low temperature history; Southern East Greenland

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BEDROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FJORD; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 33750487530     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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