Trace element geochemistry of the Meen-Dempster greenstone belt, Uchi subprovince, Superior Province, Canada: Back-arc development on the margins of an Archean protocontinent

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1021-1038

  Hollings, Pete ^a,d   Stott, Greg ^b   Wyman, Derek ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033834637     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-007     Document Type: Article

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