The effects of metamorphism on O and Fe isotope compositions in the Biwabik Iron Formation, northern Minnesota

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-328

  Hyslop, Elizabeth Valaas ^a   Valley, John W ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Beard, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; COOLING; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUARTZ;

DULUTH COMPLEX; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149100052     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0244-2     Document Type: Article

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