Parental magmas of Grenville Province massif-type anorthosites, and conjectures about why massif anorthosites are restricted to the Proterozoic

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 77-103

  Bédard, Jean H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

apatite; crust; gabbro; granite; ilmenite; immiscibility; melting; tectonics; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; APATITE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; GRANITE; HEAT SOURCE; ILMENITE; IMMISCIBILITY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 77957237402     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691009016016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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