Volcanic reconstruction of Paleoproterozoic arc volcanoes: The Hidden and Louis formations, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 481-508

  DeWolfe, Y M ^a,b   Gibson, H L ^a   Lafrance, B ^a   Bailes, A H ^c,d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Industry   (Canada)

^d Bailes Geoscience   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANOES; BASALTIC ANDESITE; BASALTIC FLOWS; FLUID PATHWAYS; GRADUAL CHANGES; MANITOBA , CANADA; ORE FORMATION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PILLOW LAVAS; SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANICLASTICS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDES;

BUILDINGS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALOGY; SUBSIDENCE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; EMPLACEMENT; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; HIATUS; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; PILLOW LAVA; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; SULFIDE; TUFF; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349578939     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-031     Document Type: Article

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