Superposed Neoproterozoic and Silurian magmatic arcs in central Cape Breton Island, Canada: Geochemical and geochronological constraints

Geological Magazine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-153

  Keppie, J D ^a   Dostal, J ^b   Dallmeyer, R D ^c   Doig, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

ANALYTICAL ERRORS; ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

URANIUM ALLOYS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SILURIAN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0034009016     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800003769     Document Type: Article

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