Oxygen isotope ratios of Archean plutonic zircons from granite-greenstone belts of the Superior Province: Indicator of magmatic source

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-387

  King, Elizabeth M ^a   Valley, John W ^a   Davis, Don W ^b   Edwards, Garth R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Granites; Oxygen isotopes; Superior Province; Zircon

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PLUTON; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

CANADA;

EID: 0032452788     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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