Enriched crustal and mantle components and the role of the lithosphere in generating Paleoproterozoic dyke swarms of the Ungava Peninsula, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Maurice, Charles ^a   Francis, Don ^b  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline component; Continental lithosphere; Crustal component; Mafic dyke swarms; North American Craton; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE SWARM; ENRICHMENT; HARZBURGITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

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

LILE;

EID: 71849101616     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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