Age, petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Thessalon volcanic rocks, Huronian Supergroup, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-172

  Ketchum, Kirsty Y ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^b   Bennett, Gerry ^c   Hughes, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Petrogenesis; Tectonic setting; Thessalon volcanic rocks; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THOLEIITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84878538348     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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