Endogenous growth in channelized komatiite lava flows: Evidence from spinifex-textured sills at Pyke Hill and Serpentine Mountain, Western Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Ontario, Canada

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 881-901

  Houlé, Michel G ^a,b,c   Préfontaine, Sonia ^b   Fowler, Anthony D ^b   Gibson, Harold L ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abitibi Greenstone Belt; Inflation; Komatiite; Pyke Hill; Serpentine Mountain; Spinifex sill; Spinifex vein

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; SILL;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 70349193532     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0273-y     Document Type: Article

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