Styles of Proterozoic crustal growth on the southeast margin of Laurentia: Evidence from the central Grenville Province northwest of Lac St.-Jean, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1643-1652

  Martin, C ^a   Dickin, A P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ISOTOPES; MAPPING; NEODYMIUM; PETROGRAPHY;

ALKALINE MAJOR ELEMENT CHEMISTRY; CONTINENTAL-ARC MAGMATISM; CRUSTAL FORMATION; ENSIALIC ARC MAGMAS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; PROTEROZOIC CRUSTAL GROWTH; TONALITIC GREY GNEISSES;

PETROLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644923872     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-052     Document Type: Article

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