Mantle petrology and mineralogy of the Thetford Mines Ophiolite Complex

Lithos

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 255-292

  Pagé, Philippe ^a   Bédard, Jean H ^b   Schroetter, Jean Michel ^a   Tremblay, Alain ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantle Melting; Mantle Metasomatism; Mineral Chemistry; Southern Qu bec Appalachians; Thetford Mines Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; HARZBURGITE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PETROLOGY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; THETFORD MINES;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 37549015191     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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