Geochemical and isotopic (Nd-O) evidence bearing on the origin of late- to post-orogenic high-K granitoid rocks in the Western Superior Province: Implications for late Archean tectonomagmatic processes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-326

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   Percival, John A ^a   McNicoll, Vicki J ^a   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Granitoid; Nd O isotopes; Superior Province

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCHEAN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; TECTONICS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MATERIAL COATING; MELTING POINT; REVIEW; ROCK; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANO;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 3342937668     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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