The nagssugtoqidian orogen in Souh-East Greenland :Evidence for paleoproterozoic collision and plate assembly

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-572

  Nutman, Allen P ^a,b   Kalsbeek, Feiko ^c   Friend, Clark R L ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; MOBILE BELT; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PROTEROZOIC; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 50349088273     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/04.2008.06     Document Type: Article

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