Late Devonian mafic-felsic magmatism in the Meguma Zone, Nova Scotia

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 191, Issue , 1997, Pages 107-127

  Clarke, D Barrie ^a   MacDonald, Michael A ^b   Tate, Marcus C ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MICA; MINERAL RESOURCES; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; RARE EARTHS; TECTONICS; TIN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

COARSE-GRAINED; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; FELSIC MAGMATISM; GABBRONORITES; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; MAFIC INTRUSION; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CUTTING (EXCAVATION); DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE;

CANADA; MEGUMA TERRANE; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 79960075665     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1191-6.107     Document Type: Article

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