Geochemical and Nd-Pb-O isotope systematics of granites from the Taltson Magmatic Zone, NE Alberta: Implications for early Proterozoic tectonics in western Laurentia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 221-249

  De, Suman K ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granite; Isotope geology; Orogenic belt; Proterozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIA; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0034040873     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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