Geochemistry of ophiolitic basalts from the metchosin igneous complex on southern Vancouver Island, and their inferred paleotectonic setting

Ofioliti

Volumn 26, Issue 2 B, 2001, Pages 417-424

  Constantin, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basalt; British Columbia; Early Cenozoic. Vancouver island; Geochemistry; Lanthanide; Ophiolite; Trace element

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042660716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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