First occurrence of Paleoproterozoic oceanic plateau in the Guiana Shield: The gold-bearing El Callao Formation, Venezuela

Precambrian Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Velásquez, Germán ^a,b   Béziat, Didier ^b   Salvi, Stefano ^b   Tosiani, Tommaso ^a   Debat, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

El Callao; Greenstone belt; Guiana Shield; Mantle source; Oceanic plateau; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITIC BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GUYANA SHIELD; VENEZUELA;

EID: 79952624284     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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