Extreme element mobility during transformation of Neoarchean (ca. 2.7Ga) pillow basalts to a Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1.9Ga) paleosol, Schreiber Beach, Ontario, Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-173

  Polat, Ali ^a   Longstaffe, Fred ^b   Weisener, Chris ^a,c   Fryer, Brian ^a,c   Frei, Robert ^d,e   Kerrich, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean pillow basalt; Gunflint Formation; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoproterozoic; Paleosol; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GUNFLINT FORMATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOSOL;

BASALT; BEACHES; CESIUM; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; RUBIDIUM; SILICA; SODIUM; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSITION METALS;

WEATHERING;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CONGLOMERATE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HEMATITE; HYALOCLASTITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

LILE;

EID: 84865454165     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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