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A Potassium/Argon Age Determination from a Lewisian Inlier

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THE potassium/argon age of pyroxene from an eclogite occurring within the Glenelg Lewisian inlier has been determined.

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  1. Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge,

    J. A. MILLER

  2. Chelsea College of Science and Technologv, London, S.W.3

    A. J. BARBER & N. H. KEMPTON

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MILLER, J., BARBER, A. & KEMPTON, N. A Potassium/Argon Age Determination from a Lewisian Inlier. Nature 197, 1095–1096 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971095a0

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