Formation of chromitites by assimilation of crustal pyroxenites and gabbros into peridotitic intrusions: North Arm Mountain massif, Bay of Islands ophiolite, Newfoundland, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5165-5184

  Bédard, Jean H ^a,c   Hébert, Réjean ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ctr Geoscientifique de Quebec   (Canada)

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EID: 0000967331     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03291     Document Type: Article

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