Cordierite-orthopyroxene white gneiss: A key to unveiling premetamorphic hydrothermal activity in the Bondy gneiss complex, Grenville Province, Québec

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 19-33

  Blein, Olivier ^a   Corriveau, Louise ^b   R LaFlèche, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordierite; Mobility; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CLAY ALTERATION; COBALT DEPOSITS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER OXIDES; FELDSPAR; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIA; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TERNARY ALLOYS; VOLCANOES;

CORDIERITE; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; CORDIERITE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GNEISS; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRON OXIDE; METAMORPHISM; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLUTONISM;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 80052099369     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.19     Document Type: Article

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