Rediscovery of the Mattawa Anorthosite Massif, Grenville Province, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1699-1718

  Owens, Brent E ^a   Dymek, Robert F ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; LANDFORMS; MODIFICATION; TECTONICS;

ANDESINE ANORTHOSITE; ANORTHOSITE MASSIF; LABRADORITE ANORTHOSITE; POLYBARIC CRYSTALLIZATION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ANORTHOSITE; PLUTON;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644920002     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-073     Document Type: Article

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