Petrology of the abloviak aillikite dykes, New Québec: Evidence for a Cambrian diamondiferous alkaline province in northeastern North America

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 517-533

  Digonnet, Stéphane ^a   Goulet, Normand ^a   Bourne, James ^a   Stevenson, Ross ^a   Archibald, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CAMBRIAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; DIKE; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAMPROPHYRE; LAURENTIA; MANTLE PLUME; PETROLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0033860064     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-008     Document Type: Article

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