Geochemical evolution of earliest Carboniferous continental tholeiitic basalts along a crustal-scale shear zone, southwestern Maritimes basin, eastern Canada

Lithos

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 27-50

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

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continental tholeiite; Early Carboniferous; Flood basalt; Late Devonian; Mantle plume; Nova Scotia

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; THOLEIITE;

CANADA;

EID: 0034013751     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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