Syntexis and the genesis of lower oceanic crust

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 105-119

  Bédard, Jean H ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^b   Berclaz, Alain ^b   Varfalvy, Véronika ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; FELDSPAR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES;

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMITITES; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; INCONGRUENT DISSOLUTIONS; NEWFOUNDLANDS; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELT;

OLIVINE;

CHROMITE; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OLIVINE; PROTOLITH; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

BAY OF ISLANDS [NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR]; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 10944263889     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.105     Document Type: Article

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