Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Tibbit Hill metavolcanic suite of the Appalachian fold belt, Quebec-Vermont: A plume-related and fractionated assemblage

American Journal of Science

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-237

  Abdel Rahman, Abdel Fattah M ^a   Kumarapeli, P Stephen ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 0033409836     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.299.3.210     Document Type: Article

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