Petrogenesis of boninites from the Betts Cove Ophiolite, Newfoundland, Canada: Identification of subducted source components

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1853-1889

  Bedard J H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantle; Seafloor spreading; Sediment; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; MANTLE SOURCE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT; SUBDUCTION;

BETTS COVE; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 0033381020     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.12.1853     Document Type: Article

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