Boninite series: Low Ti-tholeiite associations from the 2.7 Ga Abitibi greenstone belt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 303-316

  Kerrich, R ^a   Wyman, D ^b   Fan, J ^a   Bleeker, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abitibi Belt; Boninite; Komatiite; Tholeiitic basalt

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; GREENSTONE BELT; THOLEIITIC BASALT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032535843     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00223-4     Document Type: Article

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