Geochemistry, Nd and Sr isotopes, and U/Pb zircon ages of granitoid and metasedimentary xenoliths from the Navajo Volcanic Field, four corners area, southwestern United States

Chemical Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 95-133

  Condie, Kent C ^a   Latysh, Natalie ^a   Van Schmus, W R ^b   Kozuch, Marianne ^b   Selverstone, Jane ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Continental Crust; Granite; Metasedimentary; Proterozoic; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; XENOLITH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033010054     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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