Tectonic, stratigraphic, and geochemical comparisons between ca. 2500-2440 Ma mafic igneous events in the Canadian and Fennoscandian Shields

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-116

  Vogel, Derek C ^a   Vuollo, Jouni I ^a   Alapieti, Tuomo T ^a   James, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baltic shield; Canada; Canadian shield; Europe; Geochemistry; Igneous activity; Layered intrusions; Palaeoproterozoic; Precambrian; Stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CANADA; EUROPE;

EID: 0032194194     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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