The eagle and east eagle sulfide ore-bearing maficultramafic intrusions in the midcontinent rift system, upper Michigan: Geochronology and petrologic evolution

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ding, Xin ^a   Li, Chusi ^a   Ripley, Edward M ^a   Rossell, Dean ^b   Kamo, Sandra ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mafic ultramafic intrusion; Magma conduit; Midcontinent Rift System; Sulfide ore; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949401945     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002546     Document Type: Article

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