Os isotope constraints on the origin of the 2.7 Ga Boston creek flow, Ontario, Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 567-579

  Walker, Richard J ^a   Stone, William E ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Isotopes; Komatiite; Lithosphere; Osmium; Rhenium

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KOMATIITE; OSMIUM; RHENIUM;

CANADA;

EID: 0034999438     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00358-2     Document Type: Article

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