Geochemistry and textures of metasomatic combs and orbicules in ultramafic rocks, Namew Lake, Manitoba

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 431-442

  Menard, Thomas ^a,b   Ridgway, Christopher K ^a   Stowell, Harold H ^a   Lesher, C Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comb; Compositional alteration; Fluid flow; Manitoba; Metapyroxenite; Metasomatism; Namew Lake Ni Cu deposit; Orbicule; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; TEXTURE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0032732894     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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