Re-Os and O isotopic variations in magnetite from the contact zone of the Duluth Complex and the Biwabik Iron Formation, northeastern Minnesota

Chemical Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 213-226

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Shafer, Paula ^a   Li, Chusi ^a   Hauck, Steven A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biwabik Iron formation; Duluth Complex; Fluids; O H isotopes; Re Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CONTACT ZONE; COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; ENRICHMENT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNETITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION;

DULUTH COMPLEX; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40249102964     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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