U-Pb age and Nd isotopic evidence for Archean terrane development and crustal recycling in the south-central Wabigoon subprovince, Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 684-702

  Tomlinson, Kirsty ^a,b   Davis, Donald W ^b   Stone, Denver ^c   Hart, Thomas R ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WABIGOON;

EID: 0037358184     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0423-0     Document Type: Article

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