Origin of the Archean Sask craton and its extent within the Trans-Hudson orogen: Evidence from Pb and Nd isotopic compositions of basement rocks and post-orogenic intrusions

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 659-684

  Bickford, M E ^a   Mock, T D ^b   Steinhart, III ^c   Collerson, K D ^d   Lewry, J F ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Enviroscan Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM;

BASEMENT ROCKS; CRATON ROCKS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; PEGMATITES; POST-OROGENIC INTRUSIONS; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOPROBE; PROVENANCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASK CRATON; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144332337     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-064     Document Type: Article

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