In situ determination of U-Pb ages and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa

Lithos

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 309-322

  Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Li, Qiu Li ^a   Mitchell, Roger H ^b   Dawson, J Barry ^c   Brandl, Günther ^d   Yuhara, Masaki ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Phalaborwa; Sr Nd Hf isotopes; U Pb ages; Zircon and baddeleyite

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; CARBONATITE; COPPER; DIKE; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PYROXENITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SYENITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 80053646894     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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