Genesis of ultramafic lamprophyres and carbonatites at Aillik Bay, Labrador: A consequence of incipient lithospheric thinning beneath the North Atlantic Craton

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1261-1315

  Tappe, Sebastian ^a,b   Foley, Stephen F ^b   Jenner, George A ^c   Heaman, Larry M ^d   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^e   Romer, Rolf L ^f   Stracke, Andreas ^a   Joyce, Nancy ^e   Hoefs, Jochen ^g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquid immiscibility; Mantle derived magmas; Metasomatism; Sr Nd isotopes; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; METASOMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; SOLUBILITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AILLIK BAY; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745286004     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl008     Document Type: Article

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