Gravity driven and in situ fractional crystallization processes in the Centre Hill complex, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada: Evidence from bilaterally-paired cyclic units

Lithos

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-55

  Theriault R D ^a,b   Fowler, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLING; IGNEOUS LAYERING; LAYERED INTRUSION;

CANADA, ABITIBI SUBPROVINCE, CENTRE HILL COMPLEX;

EID: 0030438154     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(96)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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