Archean subqueous high-silica rhyolite coulées: Examples from the kidd-munro assemblage in the abitibi subprovince

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 389-403

  Moulton, Benjamin J A ^a   Fowler, Anthony D ^b   Ayer, John A ^a,b   Berger, Ben R ^b   Mercier Langevin, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Coul e; Kidd Creek; Rhyolite; Southern Abitibi greenstone belt; Subaqueous flow

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BRECCIA; LAVA FLOW; MASS BALANCE; PHENOCRYST; PROTOLITH; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; RHYOLITE; SILICA; TEXTURE; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; KIDD CREEK; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80052749777     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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