The petrology of the layered gabbro intrusion, eastern gabbro, Coldwell alkaline complex, Northwestern Ontario, Canada: Evidence for multiple phases of intrusion in a ring dyke

Lithos

Volumn 40, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 243-259

  Shaw, Cliff S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coldwell alkaline complex; Gabbro; Ontario; Ring dyke

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043216572     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(97)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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