The late neoproterozoic frog lake hornblende gabbro pluton, Avalon Terrane of Nova Scotia: Evidence for the origins of appinites

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-120

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Tsikouras, Basilios ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CONTACT ZONE; CRUSTAL LEVELS; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; FEEDER SYSTEM; GRANITIC COMPOSITION; GREENSCHIST; HIGH-FIELD; HORNBLENDE GABBRO; HYDROUS MINERAL; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; MAFIC INTRUSION; METAMORPHIC GRADE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NOVA SCOTIA; OROGENS; PLUTONS; TONALITE; VOLATILE CONTENTS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; GRANITE; LAKES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALKALINE ROCK; GABBRO; GREENSCHIST; HORNBLENDE; MAFIC ROCK; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; PETROGRAPHY; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; TONALITE; YTTRIUM;

AVALON ZONE; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ANURA;

EID: 77649170265     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-077     Document Type: Article

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