U-Pb constraints for the plutonic and tectonometamorphic evolution of Lake Melville terrane, Labrador and implications for basement reworking in the northeastern Grenville Province

Precambrian Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 65-90

  Corrigan, D ^a   Rivers, T ^a   Dunning, G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Grenville Province; Lake Melville terrane; Monazite; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; REWORKING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0034651076     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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