Nd-Pb-Sr isotope systematics of crustal assimilation in the Voisey's Bay and Mushuau intrusions, Labrador, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 815-830

  Amelin, Yuri ^a   Li, Chusi ^b   Valeyev, Oleg ^c   Naldrett, A J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033899061     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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