Multi-stage origin of the lower crust of the Karelian craton from 3.5 to 1.7 Ga based on isotopic ages of kimberlite-derived mafic granulite xenoliths

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-123

  Peltonen, Petri ^a   Mänttäri, Irmeli ^a   Huhma, Hannu ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Craton; Finland; Kimberlite; Lower crust; Mafic xenoliths; Mantle plume; Nd Sr Pb isotopes; Paleoarchean; Proterozoic; Recrystallisation; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRATON; KIMBERLITE; LOWER CRUST; PETROLOGY; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33646256144     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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