U-Pb zircon and rutile ages from granulite xenoliths in the Slave province: Evidence for mafic magmatism in the lower crust coincident with Proterozoic dike swarms

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-346

  Davis, W J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

DIKE SWARMS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOWER CRUST; MAFIC GRANULITES; MAFIC SILLS; MAGMA GENERATION; PROTEROZOIC; UPWELLING PLUME;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

DIKE SWARM; GRANULITE; LOWER CRUST; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RUTILE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON; ARCHAEAN; DYKE SWARM; MAFIC MAGMATISM; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 0030934939     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0343:UPZARA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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