Tectonic insights provided by mesoproterozoic mafic rocks of the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri

Precambrian Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 251-268

  Walker, James A ^a   Pippin, Charles G ^b   Cameron, B I ^c   Patino, Lina ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalts; Chemical composition; Igneous rocks; Mafic composition; Missouri; Saint Francois Mountains

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT;

ACTIVE MARGIN; MAFIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ROCK; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037200273     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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