Geochronology of the Voisey's Bay intrusion, Labrador, Canada, by precise U-Pb dating of coexisting baddeleyite, zircon, and apatite

Lithos

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-51

  Amelin, Yuri ^a   Li, Chusi ^b   Naldrett, A J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatite; Baddeleyite; Nain Plutonic Suite; U Pb geochronology; Voisey's Bay intrusion; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTON; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032808141     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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