The 2.00 Ga purtuniq ophiolite, Cape Smith Belt, Canada: Morb-like crust intruded by OIB-like magmatism

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Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-215

  Scott, David J ^a,c   St Onge, Marc R ^a   Lucas, Stephen B ^a   Helmstaedt, Herwart ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accreted terrane; Cape Smith Belt. Canada; Ophiolite; Paleoproterozoic; Trans Hudson Orogen

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0033494762     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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