Pericontinental crustal growth of the southwestern abitibi subprovince, Canada - U-Pb, Hf, and Nd isotope evidence

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1151-1184

  Ketchum, John W F ^a   Ayer, John A ^b   Van Breemen, Otto ^c   Pearson, Norman J ^a   Becker, Jens K ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; MINERALS; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

ABITIBI; CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATIONS; CRUSTAL GROWTHS; CRUSTAL SOURCES; GEOSCIENCE; GRANODIORITE; HF ISOTOPES; MAGMA GENESIS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITIES; ND ISOTOPES; NEOARCHEAN; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RICE LAKES; SPACE AND TIME; TONALITE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPE; MAGMA; NEOTECTONICS; PLUTONIC ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ABITIBI; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 60349123149     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.6.1151     Document Type: Article

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