Komatiite flooding of a rifted archean rhyolitic arc complex: Geochemical signature and tectonic significance of the stoughton-roquemaure group, abitibi greenstone belt, Canada

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-563

  Dostal, J ^a   Mueller, W U ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

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EID: 0001203721     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515956     Document Type: Article

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