Rare-earth and other trace element data bearing on the origin of Archaean granitic rocks from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Drury, S. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Prosperous Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-071; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-071

Trace element data, including rare-earth elements, for six granitic rocks and two metasediments from the Archaean granite–greenstone terrain of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories are presented. Three granodiorites from the synkinematic Western and South-east plutons show similar Rb, Sr, Th, Rb/Sr, a...