Petrogenesis of the 1.9 Ga mafic hanging wall sequence to the Flin Flon, Callinan, and Triple 7 massive sulphide deposits, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 509-527

  DeWolfe, Y M ^a,b   Gibson, H L ^a   Piercey, S J ^a,c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SJPGeoConsulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ANDESITE; BASALTIC FLOWS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HANGING-WALL SEQUENCES; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MANITOBA; MANITOBA , CANADA; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROGENESIS; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDES;

BASALT; CAVITY RESONATORS; DEPOSITS; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM; PARAFFIN WAXES; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR DEPOSITS; VOLCANOES;

GALLIUM;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOLOGY; HANGING WALL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAFIC ROCK; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SULFIDE; THOLEIITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA; CARLISLE; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349570006     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-033     Document Type: Article

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