The Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group-Protracted hotspot activity or back-arc magmatism?. Constraints from U-Pb baddeleyite geochronology and Hf isotopic data

Precambrian Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 136-152

  Söderlund, Ulf ^a,b   Elming, Sten Åke ^c   Ernst, Richard E ^d   Schissel, Don ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e BHP Billiton Minerals Exploration   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group; Hf isotopes; Hotspot; Subduction; U Pb baddeleyite; Zircon standard 91500

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; CRATON; DIABASE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC PLATE;

EID: 33750029258     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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