Further refinement to the timing of Mesoproterozoic magmatism, Lake Nipigon region, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1055-1086

  Heaman, Larry M ^a   Easton, R M ^b   Hart, Thomas Robert ^b   Hollings, Pete ^c   MacDonald, Carole Anne ^b   Smyk, Mark C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN INTERCONTINENTAL RIFT; RIFT-FILL FLOOD BASALTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NIPIGON; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36349006609     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-117     Document Type: Article

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