U-Pb age constraints on arenaceous and volcanic rocks of the Wakeham Group, eastern Grenville Province

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1677-1697

  van Breemen, O ^a   Corriveau, L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD DEPOSITS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

AGE CONSTRAINTS; ARENACEOUS ROCKS; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ZIRCON ANALYSES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644919466     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-079     Document Type: Article

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