Taltson basement gneissic rocks: U-Pb and Nd isotopic constraints on the basement to the Paleoproterozoic Taltson magmatic zone, northeastern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1575-1596

  McNicoll, Vicki J ^a   Thériault, Réginald J ^a   McDonough, Michael R ^b,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; URANIUM;

MAGMATISM;

ROCKS;

BASEMENT ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOPROBE; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0034319010     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-034     Document Type: Article

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