Geochemical evolution of Devonian-Carboniferous igneous rocks of the Magdalen Basin, eastern Canada: Pb- and Nd- isotope evidence for mantle and lower crustal sources

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-2221

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; PETROGENESIS;

CANADA; MAGDALEN BASIN;

EID: 0031669192     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-35-3-201     Document Type: Article

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