Geochemistry of Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks from the Birim diamondiferous field, southern Ghana: Implications for provenance and crustal evolution at the Archean-Proterozoic boundary

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-228

  Asiedu, D K ^a   Dampare, S B ^b   Sakyi, P Asamoah ^c   Banoeng Yakubo, B ^a   Osae, S ^b   Nyarko, B J B ^b   Manu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b National Nuclear Research Institute   (Ghana)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archean Proterozoic boundary; Birimian; Geochemistry; Ghana; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; METASEDIMENT; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4644341642     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.215     Document Type: Article

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