Tectonic and metallogenic importance of an Archean composite high- and low-Al tonalite suite, Western Superior Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-301

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   McNicoll, Vicki J ^a   Galley, Alan G ^a   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Metallogeny; Superior Province; Tonalite; TTG

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE;

CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; LAKE; MELTING POINT; MINERALIZATION; REVIEW; ROCK; SAMPLE; SEA; STRATIFICATION; TIME; VOLCANO;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 3342920195     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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