Late Middle Ordovician olistostrome formation and magmatism along the Red Indian Line, the Laurentian arc - Gondwanan arc boundary, at Sops Head, Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1625-1633

  McConnell, Brian J ^a   O'Brien, Brian H ^b   Nowlan, Godfrey S ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENTS;

MUDSTONES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BASALT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; MAGMATISM; MELANGE; OLISTOSTROME; ORDOVICIAN; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0036872665     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-084     Document Type: Review

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