Paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of Franklin dykes in high arctic Canada and Greenland: A revised age and paleomagnetic pole constraining block rotations in the Nares Strait region

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 689-705

  Denyszyn, Steven W ^a,b   Halls, Henry C ^a   Davis, Don W ^a   Evans, David A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE PROGRESSION; BADDELEYITE; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DIRECTIONAL DATA; GREENLAND; HIGH ARCTIC; MICROPLATES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; POLE LOCATION; SIMPLE MODEL; SUPERCONTINENTS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD; ROTATION;

POLES;

AGE DETERMINATION; CENOZOIC; DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MICROPLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; NARES STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649725586     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-042     Document Type: Article

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