Provenance record from Mesoproterozoic-Cambrian sediments of Peary Land, North Greenland: Implications for the ice-covered Greenland Shield and Laurentian palaeogeography

Precambrian Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-60

  Kirkland, C L ^a   Pease, V ^b   Whitehouse, M J ^a   Ineson, J R ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elzevirian; Greenland; Grenville; Peary Land; Provenance; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CAMBRIAN; ICE COVER; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GREENLAND; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; PEARY LAND;

EID: 61849097264     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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