Torngat ultramafic lamprophyres and their relation to the North Atlantic Alkaline Province

Lithos

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 491-518

  Tappe, Sebastian ^a,b   Jenner, George A ^b   Foley, Stephen F ^a   Heaman, Larry ^c   Besserer, Dean ^d   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^e   Ryan, Bruce ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Apex Geosciences Ltd   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aillikite; Canada; Carbonatite; Diamonds; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Iapetus; U Pb

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIAMOND; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RODINIA;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; TORNGAT MOUNTAINS;

EID: 4444336434     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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