Characterization of enriched lithospheric mantle components in ∼2.7 Ga Banded Iron Formations: An example from the Tati Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Botswana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 334-356

  Døssing, Lasse N ^a,b   Frei, Robert ^a,b   Stendal, Henrik ^c   Mapeo, Read B M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Nordic Center for Earth Evolution NordCEE   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

BIF; Botswana; Pb isotopes; Sm Nd isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRATON; GREENSTONE BELT; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMARIUM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

EID: 67650257453     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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