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Age of Zircon from the Kunait Syenite Complex, South-West Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Moorbath ,
S. R. Taylor  and
B. G. J. Upton
S. Moorbath
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford.
S. R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford.
B. G. J. Upton
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford.
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Abstract

The age of zircon from the Kunait pluton in south-west Greenland has been measured by the lead-alpha method. The experimental data indicate a Cambrian age and the bearing of this result on the general geology of the area is briefly discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 1958 , pp. 149 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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