The formation of the Sudbury breccia in the North Range of the Sudbury impact structure

Precambrian Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 107-119

  Lafrance, Bruno ^a   Legault, David ^a   Ames, Doreen E ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataclasite; Rietveld modal mineralogy; Sudbury breccia; Sudbury impact structure; Trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; BRECCIA; CATACLASITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMINUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABASE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 51249107519     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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