Neoproterozoic pegmatite from Skoddefjellet, Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Spitsbergen: Additional evidence for c. 640 Ma tectonothermal event in the Caledonides of Svalbard

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Majka, Jarosław ^a   Larionov, Alexander N ^b   Gee, David G ^a   Czerny, Jerzy ^c   Pršek, Jaroslav ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Geochronology; Monazite; Svalbard; Uraninite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PEGMATITE; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANINITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; CALEDONIDES; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84859531132     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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