40Ar/39Ar hornblende geochronology from the Forsmark area in central Sweden: Constraints on late Svecofennian cooling, ductile deformation and exhumation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Hermansson, Tobias ^a   Stephens, Michael B ^b   Page, Laurence M ^c  

^a Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Argon; Cooling; Ductile deformation; Forsmark; Svecofennian; Tectonic cycles

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BELT; COOLING; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HORNBLENDE; SVECOFENNIAN; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FORSMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 55949116358     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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