Geochemical and isotopic (Nd, O) data from Ordovician felsic plutonic and volcanic rocks of the Miramichi Highlands: petrogenetic and metallogenic implications for the Bathurst Mining Camp

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-252

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   Rogers, Neil ^a   Van Staal, Cees R ^a   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^b   Jenner, George A ^c   Winchester, John A ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITON; METALLOGENESIS; PETROGENESIS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031662576     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e97-102     Document Type: Article

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