40Ar/39Ar phlogopite and U-Pb perovskite dating of lamprophyre dykes from the eastern Lake Superior region: Evidence for a 1.14 Ga magmatic precursor to Midcontinent Rift volcanism

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 958-965

  Queen, M ^a   Heaman, L M ^b,c   Hanes, J A ^a   Archibald, D A ^a   Farrar, E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, ONTARIO, KAPUSKASING UPLIFT;

EID: 0030302377     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-072     Document Type: Article

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