Crustal formation in the Grenville Province: Nd-isotope evidence

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 165-181

  Dickin, A P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0033857782     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-039     Document Type: Article

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