Deformation-induced mass transfer in felsic volcanic rocks hosting the Brunswick No. 6 massive-sulfide deposit, New Brunswick: Geochemical effects and petrogenetic implications

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 489-512

  Lentz, David R ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathurst; Brunswick; Cleavage; Differentiated layering; Element mobility; Fabric; Foliation; Mass transfer; Massive sulfide; New Brunswick; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FELSIC ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MASSIVE SULFIDE; PETROGENESIS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0032759692     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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