Griffin gabbro sills (2.11 Ga), Hurwitz Basin, Nunavut, Canada: Long-distance lateral transport of magmas in western Churchill Province crust

Precambrian Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 269-294

  Aspler, Lawrence B ^a   Cousens, Brian L ^b   Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a Carleton University ^*  (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabbro sills and dykes; Geochemistry; Hearne domain; Hurwitz Group; Magma transport; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NIOBIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SILL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; MELTING POINT; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0037200393     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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