Scapolite pegmatite from the Minas fault, Nova Scotia: Tangible manifestation of Carboniferous, evaporite-derived hydrothermal fluids in the western Cobequid highlands?

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-397

  Owen, J V ^a   Greenough, J D ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Minas fault; Nova Scotia; Pegmatite; Scapolite

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; EVAPORITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; PEGMATITE; SCAPOLITE;

CANADA; MCKAY HEAD; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0032858296     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1999.063.3.10     Document Type: Article

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