Upper mantle processes beneath the 2.7 Ga Abitibi belt, Canada: A trace element perspective

Precambrian Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 143-165

  Wyman, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abitibi belt; Mantle plume interaction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; MANTLE PROCESS; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; RIVER; ROCK; VOLCANO; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 0346186257     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00185-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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