Global mafic magmatism at 2.45 Ga: Remnants of an ancient large igneous province?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Heaman, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FLOODS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FLOOD BASALT VOLCANISM; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

BASALT;

DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAFIC MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; CANADA; ONTARIO; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 0030988884     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0299:GMMAGR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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