Pb isotopic composition of late Archaean granites and the extent of recycling early Archaean crust in the Slave Province, northwest Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 255-269

  Davis, W J ^a,b   Gariepy C ^a   Van Breemen, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 0030302372     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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