Age of low-grade regional metamorphism in the North Greenland fold belt: mineralogical and Rb–Sr-isotope evidence from pelitic metasediments

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Springer, N., Friderichsen, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Greenland; Amundsen Land; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e94-033; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e94-033

Established isotopic sediment-dating techniques have been used to date the time of deformation and metamorphism of the lower Palaeozoic rocks within the North Greenland fold belt. Fine mineral fractions < 2 μm have been separated from pelitic sediments at widely distributed localities and ana...