Chemical imprint of highly metamorphosed volcanic-hosted hydrothermal alterations in the La Romaine Supracrustal Belt, eastern Grenville Province, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1783-1814

  Bonnet, Anne Laure ^a   Corriveau, Louise ^b   La Flèche, Marc R ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LITHOLOGY;

ALTERATION ZONES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LITHOGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644922423     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-098     Document Type: Article

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