Magmatic unconformities and stratigraphic relations in the Peridotite zone, Stillwater Complex, Montana

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-425

  Cooper, Roger W ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; MAGMATIC UNCONFORMITY; PERIDOTITE;

USA, MONTANA, STILLWATER COMPLEX;

EID: 0030663554     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-035     Document Type: Article

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