Proterozoic (1.85-1.75 Ga) igneous suites of the Western Churchill Province: Granitoid and ultrapotassic magmatism in a reworked Archean hinterland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 73-100

  Peterson, T D ^a   Van Breemen, O ^a   Sandeman, H ^b   Cousens, B ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granite; Minette; Post orogenic; Proterozoic; Rapakivi; Trans Hudson

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; POTASSIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MINETTE; PROTEROZOIC; RAPAKIVI;

AGE; ARCHAEAN; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; GRAVITY; MODEL; MOTION; NORTH AMERICA; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

CANADA; WESTERN CHURCHILL PROVINCE;

EID: 0037147172     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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