New hornblende and muscovite 40Ar/39Ar cooling ages in the central Rinkian fold belt, West Greenland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 11, 2006, Pages 115-123

  Sidgren, Ann Sofie ^a   Page, Laurence ^a   Garde, Adam A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Geochronology; Palaeoproterozoic; Rinkian; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; FOLD BELT; HORNBLENDE; MUSCOVITE; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; RINKIAN FOLD BELT; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33846864174     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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