2480 Ma mafic magmatism in the northern Black Hills, South Dakota: A new link connecting the Wyoming and Superior cratons

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1579-1600

  Dahl, Peter S ^a   Hamilton, Michael A ^b,c   Wooden, Joseph L ^d   Foland, Kenneth A ^e   Frei, Robert ^f,g   McCombs, James A ^a   Holm, Daniel K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g Nordic Center for Earth Evolution NordCEE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS;

GRANITOIDS; MAFIC MAGMATISM; MAGMATIC ZIRCON;

PETROLOGY;

CRATON; GRANITOID; ION MICROPROBE; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MEGACRYST; METAGABBRO; PEGMATITE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TITANITE;

ARIZONA; BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; SUPERIOR; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33947724291     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-066     Document Type: Article

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