Protolith ages and exhumation histories of (ultra)high-pressure rocks across the Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 289-301

  Walsh, Emily O ^a,b   Hacker, Bradley R ^a   Gans, Phillip B ^a   Grove, Marty ^c   Gehrels, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Exhumation; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Ultrahigh pressure; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; PROTOLITH FORMATION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LEAD ALLOYS; NORWAY; PRESSURE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ALLOCHTHON; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; PROTOLITH; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 33947362025     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25817.1     Document Type: Article

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