An occurrence of sapphirine in the archean Superior Province, northern Quebec

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 463-478

  Cadéron, Sandrine ^a   Trzcienski Jr , Walter E ^b   Bédard, Jean H ^c   Goulet, Normand ^d  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Douglas Harbour Domain; Enderbite; Granulite; Metasedimentary rocks; Minto Subprovince; Quebec; Sapphirine; Superior Province; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; SAPPHIRE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MOSAIC TEXTURES; REACTION TEXTURES; SAPPHIRINE; VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY SLIVERS;

MINERALOGY;

ARCHEAN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; SAPPHIRINE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944400956     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.463     Document Type: Article

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