The mafic minerals of the Falcon Island ultrapotassic pluton, Lake of the Woods, Ontario: Progressive reduction during fractionation

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-66

  Ayer, John A ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Biotite; Clinopyroxene; Falcon Island pluton; Feldspars; Fractional crystallization; Lake of the Woods greenstone belt; Ontario; Syenite; Ultrapotassic suite; Wabigoon belt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; BIOTITE; CLINOPYROXENE; PETROGENESIS; SYENITE; ULTRAPOTASSIC ROCK;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0031669495     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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