Precambrian U–Pb ages of igneous rocks, Wrangel Complex, Wrangel Island, USSR

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Cecile, M. P., Harrison, J. C., Kos'ko, M. K., Parrish, R. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Wrangel Island; canada basin; Chukotka; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e91-117; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e91-117

Proterozoic rocks exposed in an anticlinorium at the centre of Wrangel Island are among some of the few exposures of Precambrian strata around Canada Basin. U–Pb zircon dating of samples collected during joint Canadian–Soviet fieldwork on the island has provided crystallization ages of [Formula: see...