Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Cambrian-Ordovician Laurentian margin of Iapetus: Geochemical and isotopic constraints from the Notre Dame subzone, Newfoundland

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 191, Issue , 1997, Pages 337-365

  Swinden, H Scott ^a,c   Jenner, G A ^b   Szybinski, Z A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTHS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OCEANIC ISLAND BASALTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RIFTED CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; VOLCANIC ASSEMBLAGES;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84870782236     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1191-6.337     Document Type: Article

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