Constraints on early Archean crustal extraction and tholeiitic-komatiitic volcanism in greenstone belts of the Northern Superior Province

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-445

  Maurice, Charles ^a   Francis, Don ^b   Madore, Louis ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; MAGNESIA; VOLCANOES;

ARCHEAN BASALTS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; PETROGENESIS; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0037879508     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-006     Document Type: Article

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