Evidence for forearc seafloor-spreading from the Betts Cove ophiolite, Newfoundland: Oceanic crust of boninitic affinity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-245

  Bedard J H ^a   Lauziere K ^a   Tremblay, A ^b   Sangster, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betts Cove; Bonin Islands; Boninite; Extension; Ophiolite; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, BETTS COVE;

EID: 0031863777     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00182-0     Document Type: Article

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