Vitric compositions in the Onaping Formation and their relationship to the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Sudbury structure

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1541-1562

  Ames, D E ^a   Golightly, J P ^b   Lightfoot, P C ^c   Gibson, H L ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Golightly Geosciences   (Canada)

^c Inco Technical Services Limited ^*  (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITRIC BOMBS;

COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; QUARTZ; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036873750     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.7.1541     Document Type: Article

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