Proterozoic anorthosite-granite Nain batholith: Structure and intrusion processes in an active lithosphere-scale fault zone, northern Labrador

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 909-934

  Myers, John S ^a,b   Voordouw, Ronald J ^a,c   Tettelaar, Tanya A ^a,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d Crosshair Exploration and Mining   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE;

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CRUSTAL DEPTHS; CRUSTAL LEVELS; EXTENDING; FAULT ZONES; GREENLAND; INTRUSION PROCESSES; MAGMA INTRUSIONS; MAGMATISM; MAIN SEQUENCES; PLUTONS; PROTEROZOIC; SCALE STRUCTURES; SHEAR ZONES; TRANSTENSION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANORTHOSITE; BATHOLITH; FAULT ZONE; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUTURE ZONE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; LABRADOR; NAIN; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; VOISEY'S BAY;

EID: 54949155594     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-041     Document Type: Article

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