Age and tectonic implications of Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms for the origin of 2.2 Ga enriched lithosphere beneath the Ungava Peninsula, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-180

  Maurice, Charles ^a   David, Jean ^b   O'Neil, Jonathan ^c   Francis, Don ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b GEOTOP   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline magmas; Continental lithosphere; Mafic dyke swarms; Nd isotopes; Northeastern Superior Province; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; DIKE; HIATUS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METASOMATISM; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNGAVA PENINSULA;

EID: 70349101592     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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