Subaqueous calderas in the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt: An overview and new ideas

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-46

  Mueller, W U ^a   Stix, J ^b   Corcoran, P L ^c   Daigneault, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abitibi belt; Archean calderas; Carbonate alteration; Exploration model; VMS deposits; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

ABITIBI BELT; ARCHEAN CALDERAS; EXPLORATION MODEL; VMS DEPOSITS; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CORE DRILLING; FORMING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PHASE INTERFACES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; VOLCANOES;

CARBONATION;

ARCHEAN; CALDERA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE PLUME; MASSIVE SULFIDE; REVERSE FAULT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; IZU-BONIN ARC; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 60949097624     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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