Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic data on the Birimian of the Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier (Eastern Senegal): Implications on the Palaeoproterozoic evolution of the West African Craton

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-427

  Pawlig, Sabine ^a,b   Gueye, Mamadou ^c   Klischies, Ralf ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Wemmer, Klaus ^a   Siegesmund, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NU INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRRIMIAN; CRATON; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846125576     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.3.411     Document Type: Article

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