Tectonic setting of 2.6 Ga carbonatites in the Slave Province, NW Canada

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1975-1986

  Villeneuve, M E ^a,b   Relf, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Government of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline complex; Archean carbonatite; Slave province; U pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032455999     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.11-12.1975     Document Type: Article

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