Orogenic to post-orogenic origin for the 1.76 Ga Horse Creek anorthosite complex, Wyoming, USA

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-343

  Scoates, James S ^a,b   Chamberlain, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC;

USA, WYOMING, LARAMIE;

EID: 0030731365     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515928     Document Type: Article

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