The Silurian(?) Passamaquoddy Bay mafic dyke swarm, New Brunswick: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1565-1578

  Van Wagoner, N A ^a   Leybourne, M I ^a   Dadd, K A ^a   Huskins, M L A ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; ILMENITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DYKES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DEVONIAN; DIKE SWARM; PETROGENESIS; SILURIAN; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0035543532     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-38-11-1565     Document Type: Article

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