Isotopic evidence for a Precambrian metamorphic event within the Charcot Land window, East

• Main Authors: Greenland Caledonian Fold Belt, B. T. Hansen, R. H. Steiger, A. K. Higgins
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Charcot; Charcot Land; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Sund
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.513.8540; http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull29-03-151-160.pdf

V tj Rb-Sr, U-Pb and K-Ar analyses on rocks and minerals from a tectonic window below a Caledonian thrust f sheet in the westernmost part of the Scoresby Sund region (70°-72°N) give evidence for a Precambrian age of formation. The Charcdt Land supracrustal sequence rests on a basement that is probab...