Tectonic setting of the Taltson magmatic zone at 1.9-2.0 Ga: A granitoid-based perspective

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1597-1609

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRUST;

TECTONICS;

GRANITOID; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0034318978     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-029     Document Type: Review

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