Spherulitic rhyolites of the Archean Blake River Group, Canada: Implications for stratigraphic correlation and volcanogenic massive sulfide exploration

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-354

  Peloquin A S ^a   Verpaelst, P ^b   Ludden, J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BLAKE RIVER GROUP; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; RHYOLITE; SPHERULITE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0030485012     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.2.343     Document Type: Article

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