Pre-Rodinian (Mesoproterozoic) supercontinental rifting along the western margin of Laurentia: Geochemical evidence from the Belt-Purcell Supergroup

Precambrian Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 79-90

  Luepke, James J ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Belt Supergroup; Isotope geochemistry; Mesoproterozoic; Sulfide; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013195023     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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