U-Pb zircon age of the Strange Lake peralkaline complex: Implications for Mesoproterozoic peralkaline magmatism in north-central Labrador

Precambrian Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-82

  Miller, Randy R ^a,c   Heaman, Larry M ^b   Birkett, Tyson C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c Quebec Geoscience Centre ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorogenic; Labrador; Mesoproterozoic; Peralkaline granite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003083847     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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