Asthenospheric source of Neoproterozoic and Mesozoic kimberlites from the North Atlantic craton, West Greenland: New high-precision U-Pb and Sr-Nd isotope data on perovskite

Chemical Geology

Volumn 320-321, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-127

  Tappe, Sebastian ^a   Steenfelt, Agnete ^b   Nielsen, Troels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbonatite evolution; Craton reactivation; ID TIMS; Kimberlite origin; Mantle reservoirs; Redox melting

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; CRATON REACTIVATION; ID-TIMS; KIMBERLITE ORIGIN; MANTLE RESERVOIRS;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALS; NEODYMIUM; PEROVSKITE; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

STRONTIUM;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; EMPLACEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEROVSKITE; PRECISION; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84862306074     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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