The origin of mafic-ultramafic bodies within the northern Dashwoods subzone, Newfoundland Appalachians

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Lissenberg, C Johan ^a,b   McNicoll, Vicki J ^c   van Staal, Cees R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAFIC ROCK; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SILURIAN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747076327     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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