Prolonged Paleozoic magmatism in the East Greenland Caledonides: Some constraints from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-465

  Rehnström, Emma F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEUCOGRANITE; MAGMATISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOZOIC; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; CALEDONIDES; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 77956031038     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655010     Document Type: Article

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