Multistage zircon and titanite growth and inheritance in an Archean gneiss complex, Winnipeg River Subprovince, Ontario

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 175-186

  Corfu, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Gneisses; Superior Province; Titanite; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GNEISS; TITANITE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUPERIOR PROVINCE, WINNIPEG RIVER SUBPROVINCE;

EID: 0030455583     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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