Composition of chromite in the upper chromitite, Muskox layered intrusion, Northwest Territories

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-135

  Roach, Thomas A ^a   Roeder, Peter L ^a   Hulbert, Larry J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromite; Chromitite; Layered intrusions; Muskox; Northwest Territories; Orthopyroxene

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; LAYERED INTRUSION; ORTHOPYROXENE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MUSKOX;

EID: 0031715379     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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