Petrogenesis of the 723 Ma Coronation sills, Amundsen basin, Arctic Canada: Implications for the break-up of Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 309-324

  Shellnutt, J G ^a   Dostal, J ^a   Keppie, J D ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amundsen basin; Mantle plume; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; Sills; Tholeiitic basalts

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SILL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BASALT; CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; PLUME; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542328923     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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