Slow exhumation of UHP terranes: Titanite and rutile ages of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 531-540

  Kylander Clark, A R C ^a   Hacker, B R ^a   Mattinson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

geochronology; Norway; rutile; titanite; ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEVEES; TITANIUM OXIDES;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; RUTILE; TERRAIN; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 48149110654     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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