Geochemical and metallogenic relations in volcanic rocks of the southern Slave Province: Implications for late Neoarchean tectonics

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1835-1857

  Goodwin, A M ^a   Lambert, M B ^b   Ujike, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR DEPOSITS; TECTONICS;

METALLOGENIC RELATION; SUBDUCTION-INITATED MAGMA GENERATION; VOLCANIC BELT;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; MAGMA; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; PLATE TECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 34248219059     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-074     Document Type: Article

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