Stratigraphy and geochemistry of the LacBrompton ophiolite, Canada: Evidence for extensive forearc magmatism and mantle exhumation in the Southern Quebec Ophiolite Belt

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 999-1014

  De Souza, Stéphane ^a   Tremblay, Alain ^a   Daoust, Caroline ^a   Gauthier, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS MINES; BASALT; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

APPALACHIANS; BONINITES; COMPOSITE SLABS; CORE COMPLEXES; CRUSTAL ROCKS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTIONS; GRANITOIDS; HARZBURGITE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE ROCKS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; SERPENTINITE; SOUTH TO NORTHS; SPREADING RIDGES; THOLEIITIC BASALTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EXHUMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; OPHIOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

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

EID: 55549134990     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-044     Document Type: Article

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