Plume - Lithosphere interaction and crustal contamination during formation of Coppermine River basalts, Northwest Territories, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 958-975

  Griselin, Mélanie ^a,c   Arndt, Nicholas T ^a   Baragar, W R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; THOLEIITE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031459136     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-080     Document Type: Article

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