Nd and Pb isotopic evidence for provenance and post-depositional alteration of the Paleoproterozoic Huronian Supergroup, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 263-278

  McLennan, S M ^a,b   Simonetti, A ^a   Goldstein, S L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Huronian Supergroup; Lead lead; Neodymium; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0034121153     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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