Enriched mantle components in Proterozoic continental-flood basalts of the Cape Smith foldbelt, northern Québec

Lithos

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Modeland, S ^a   Francis, D ^a   Hynes, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline basalts; Cape Smith foldbelt; Magma mixing; Proterozoic flood basalts; Tholeiites

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; FOLD BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; PROTEROZOIC; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; CAPE SMITH BELT; QUEBEC;

EID: 0142244625     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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