Were Jurassic tholeiitic lavas originally widespread in southeastern Canada?: A test of the broad terrane hypothesis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1509-1516

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033509805     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-059     Document Type: Article

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