Bimodal cyclical Archean basalts and rhyolites from the Michipicoten (Wawa) greenstone belt, Ontario: Geochemical evidence for magma contributions from the asthenospheric mantle and ancient continental lithosphere near the southern margin of the Superior Province

Precambrian Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 119-153

  Sage, R P ^a   Lightfoot, P C ^a   Doherty, W ^b  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE SOURCE; VOLCANISM;

CANADA, ONTARIO, WAWA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0029773177     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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