Lower Silurian subduction-related volcanic rocks in the Chaleurs Group, northern New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 981-998

  Wilson, R A ^a   Van Staal, C R ^b   Kamo, S ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANTHANUM; MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEIRS; ZIRCON;

BASALTIC FLOWS; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAMS; GAP REGIONS; IN-SITU; MAFIC ROCKS; MAGMATISM; NARROW WIDTHS; OCEANIC CRUSTS; ORDOVICIAN;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; CLAST; LLANDOVERIAN; MAFIC ROCK; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 55549129586     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-051     Document Type: Article

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