Re-Os, Sm-Nd, and Pb isotopic constraints on mantle and crustal contributions to magmatic sulfide mineralization in the Duluth Complex

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 19-20, 1998, Pages 3349-3365

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Lambert, David D ^b   Frick, Louise R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY ROCK; MAGMA; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032468349     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00235-X     Document Type: Article

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