Geochemical and Nd-Pb isotopic systematics of late Archean granitoids, southwestern Slave Province, Canada: Constraints for granitoid origin and crustal isotopic structure

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1131-1147

  Yamashita, Katsuyuki ^a,b   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Stemler, James U ^a   Zimaro, Tony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; NEODYMIUM;

CANADA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 0033508921     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-047     Document Type: Article

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