Lower-crustal xenoliths from Jurassic kimberlite diatremes, Upper Michigan (USA): Evidence for proterozoic orogenesis and plume magmatism in the lower crust of the southern superior province

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-608

  Zartman, Robert E ^a   Kempton, Pamela D ^b   Paces, James B ^c   Downes, Hilary ^d   Williams, Ian S ^e   Dobosi, Gábor ^f   Futa, Kiyoto ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Geochemistry; Radiogenic isotopes; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; KIMBERLITE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; LOWER CRUST; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874093689     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs079     Document Type: Article

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