Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Annieopsquotch ophiolite belt, Newfoundland Appalachians

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1413-1426

  Lissenberg, C Johan ^a   van Staal, Cees R ^a,b   Bédard, Jean H ^b   Zagorevski, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Boninite; Geochemistry; Iapetus; Newfoundland; Ophiolite; Suprasubduction zone

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; OPHIOLITE; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE;

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27844534108     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25731.1     Document Type: Article

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