Neoproterozoic metamorphic evolution of the Isbjørnhamna Group rocks from south-western Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-264

  Majka, Jaroslaw ^a   Czerny, Jerzy ^b   Mazur, Stanislaw ^c   Holm, Daniel K ^d   Manecki, Maciej ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Kitson House   (United Kingdom)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Geothermobarometry; Metapelites; Neoproterozoic; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WEDEL JARLSBERG LAND;

EID: 78649563303     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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