Grenvillian U-Pb zircon ages of quartz porphyry and rhyolite clasts in a metaconglomerate at Vimsodden, southwestern Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Balašov, Ju. A., Teben'kov, A. M., Ohta, Y., Larionov, A. N., Sirotkin, A. N., Gannibal, L. F., Ryungenen, G. I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1995
• Subjects: Hornsund; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1953; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i3.6669

Proterozoic metasupracrustal rocks form a NNW-SSE trending basement zone along the western coast of Spitsbergen. The rocks show complex structures as a result of both Caledonian and Tertiary deformation, and most of the subordinate metaigneous rocks are not suitable for isotopic age determination. S...