A comparative study of wollastonite skarn genesis in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, southeastern Ontario, Canada

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-161

  Grammatikopoulos, Tassos A ^a   Clark, Alan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geology; Grenville; Magma mixing; Metasomatism; Wollastonite skarn

Indexed keywords

MAGMA MIXING; METASOMATISM; PLUTONIC ROCK; WOLLASTONITE SKARN;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MARBLE; MINERALOGY; SILICA;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MAGMA; PLUTON; PROTOLITH; SKARN; WOLLASTONITE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33746071569     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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