Geochemical and U-Pb zircon geochronological constraints on the development of a Late Archean greenstone belt at Birch Lake, Superior Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-97

  Beakhouse, G P ^a   Heaman, L M ^b   Creaser, R A ^b  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Sm Nd; Superior Province; U Pb

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032735489     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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