Spatial, temporal and geochemical characteristics of Silurian collision-zone magmatism, Newfoundland Appalachians: An example of a rapidly evolving magmatic system related to slab break-off

Lithos

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 377-404

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   McNicoll, Vicki J ^a   van Staal, Cees R ^a   Lissenberg, C Johan ^b   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^c   Jenner, George A ^d   van Breeman, Otto ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Granite; Newfoundland; Post collisional; Slab break off

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLISION ZONE; GABBRO; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PLUTONIC ROCK; SILURIAN; SLAB;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745561041     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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