Geology and U-Pb geochronology of rocks of the Eokuk Uplift: a pre-2.8 Ga basement inlier in the northwestern Slave Province, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Emon, K A, Jackson, V A, Dunning, G R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1999
• Subjects: Coronation Gulf; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e98-094; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e98-094

Rocks of the Eokuk Uplift have been mapped in detail along the coast of Coronation Gulf and 10 key units have been dated by U-Pb analysis of zircon, monazite, and titanite. The combined data indicate that this inlier of the Slave Province has a >3.2 Ga crustal component, evidence of a granulite-g...