Nature of Assean lake ancient crust, Manitoba: A combined SHRIMP-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology and Sm-Nd isotope study

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-94

  Böhm, Christian O ^a,c   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Stern, Richard A ^b   Corkery, M Timothy ^c   Creaser, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early Archean; Manitoba; Sm Nd isotope geology; U Pb geochronology; Western Superior Province; Zircon

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MONAZITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

AGE; ALKALINITY; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; ROCK;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346816583     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00127-X     Document Type: Article

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