Evolution of Palaeoproterozoic mafic intrusions located within the thermal aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada: Isotopic, geochronological and geochemical evidence

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3653-3669

  Prevec, Stephen A ^a,c   Baadsgaard, Halfdan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b 11747 91st Ave ^*  (Canada)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAFIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 22444444408     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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