Neoproterozoic recycling of the sveconorwegian orogenic belt: Detrital-zircon data from the sparagmite basins in the scandinavian caledonides

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 347-367

  Bingen, B ^a   Belousova, E A ^b   Griffin, W L ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baltica; Detrital zircon; Iapetus Ocean; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Sveconorwegian

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RIFTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CALEDONIDES; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 80052725492     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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