The Chengwatana Volcanics, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Petrogenesis of the southernmost volcanic rocks exposed in the Midcontinent rift

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 536-548

  Wirth, Karl R ^a   Vervoort, Jeffrey D ^b   Naiman, Zachary J ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; RIFT;

USA, MINNESOTA, ST CROIX RIVER; USA, WISCONSIN, ST CROIX RIVER;

EID: 0030723656     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-043     Document Type: Article

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