Pre-emplacement Re-Os ages from ultramafic inclusions in the sublayer of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Cohen, A S ^a   Burnham, O M ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Lightfoot, P C ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mines Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impact; Osmium; Platinum group elements; Rhenium; Sudbury Igneous Complex; Ultramafic inclusions

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0034603642     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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