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We present here a brief description of geological relations and results of lead isotopic analyses of eight whole-rock samples of Precambrian gneiss from an area near the Skaergard Intrusion in the Kangerdlugssuaq region of eastern Greenland.
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Leeman, W., Dasch, E. & Kays, M. 207Pb/206Pb whole-rock age of gneisses from the Kangerdlugssuaq area, eastern Greenland. Nature 263, 469–471 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263469a0
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