Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons during sub-solidus alteration of the strange lake peralkaline granite, Quebec/Labrador, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-99

  Salvi, Stefano ^a,b   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; PERALKALINE GRANITE;

CANADA, LABRADOR, STRANGE LAKE; CANADA, QUEBEC, STRANGE LAKE;

EID: 0030797456     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(96)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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