Pitfalls of classifying ancient magmatic suites with tectonic discrimination diagrams: An example from the Paleoproterozoic Tunkillia Suite, southern Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Payne, Justin L ^a   Ferris, Gary ^b   Barovich, Karin M ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Monax Mining Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal recycling; Gawler Craton; Nd isotopes; Post tectonic magmatism; Proterozoic Australia; Tunkillia Suite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 76049123623     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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