Paleoproterozoic mafic dike swarms of northeast Laurentia: Products of plumes or ambient mantle?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 305-317

  Mayborn, Kyle R ^a,b   Lesher, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient mantle; Northeast Laurentia; Paleoproterozoic dike swarms

Indexed keywords

MAFIC DIKE SWARMS; MANTLE PLUMES; VOLCANIC RIFTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; THERMAL PLUMES;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ARCHEAN; DIKE SWARM; LAURENTIA; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 10044230524     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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