Sedimentation in a subaqueous arc/back-arc setting: The Bobby Cove Formation, Snooks Arms Group, Newfoundland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 111-134

  Cousineau, Pierre A ^a   Bédard, Jean H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b Ctr Geoscientifique de Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Basaltic subaqueous eruption; Breccia; Lapilli tuff; Newfoundland; Subaqueous mass flows; Tuff turbidite; Tuffaceous conglomerate

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0343673919     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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