Enriched Grenvillian lithospheric mantle as a consequence of long-lived subduction beneath Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Chiarenzelli, Jeff ^a   Lupulescu, Marian ^b   Cousens, Brian ^c   Thern, Eric ^d   Coffin, Lindsay ^c   Regan, Sean ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; ISOTOPIC DATA; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOWER CRUST; OROGENIC BELTS;

GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

GRANITE;

ANORTHOSITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CANADA; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 77950137509     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30342.1     Document Type: Article

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