Impact melt dikes in the Sudbury multi-ring basin (Canada): Implications from uranium-lead geochronology on the Foy Offset Dike

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 494-501

  Ostermann, Markus ^a,b   Schärer, Urs ^a   Deutsch, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DYKE; IMPACT; MELT SHEET; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, ONTARIO, SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030468966     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02091.x     Document Type: Article

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