Country-rock contamination of marginal mafic granulites bordening the Nain Plutonic Suite: Implications for mobilization of Sr during high-grade contact metamorphism

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 985-997

  Royse, K R ^a,d   Noble, S R ^b   Tarney, J ^c   Cadman, A C ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; GRANULITE; MOBILIZATION; STRONTIUM;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NAIN PROVINCE;

EID: 0033492007     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-021     Document Type: Article

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