Sm-Nd data for mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Svecofennian (1.88 Ga) Kotalahti Nickel Belt, Finland - Implications for crustal contamination at the Archaean/Proterozoic boundary

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-201

  Makkonen, Hannu V ^a   Huhma, Hannu ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Gabbros; Geochemistry; Intrusions; Kotalahti; Magma contamination; Nickel ores; Proterozoic; Sm Nd; Tectonics; Ultramafics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SVECOFENNIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37549040619     PISSN: 03675211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/79.2.003     Document Type: Article

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