Isotopic evidence for a single impact melting origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 361-371

  Dickin, A P ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Crocket, J H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MELTING; MIXING; OSMIUM ALLOYS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; INCOMPLETE MIXING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MINERAL COMPOSITION; OSMIUM ISOTOPES; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEXES;

ISOTOPES;

ARCHEAN; CRATERING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GABBRO; GRANOPHYRE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; NORITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870889767     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.361     Document Type: Article

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