Mathematical modeling of thermomechanical erosion beneath Proterozoic komatiitic basaltic sinuous rilles in the Cape Smith Belt, New Québec, Canada

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 943-958

  Williams, David A ^a   Kerr, Ross C ^b   Lesher, C Michael ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Komatiite; Magmatic sulfides; Qu bec; Thermal erosion

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COPPER; EMPLACEMENT; EROSION RATE; HOST ROCK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KOMATIITE; LAVA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METALLOGENESIS; METASEDIMENT; NICKEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIVINE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; THERMOMECHANICS;

CANADA; CAPE SMITH FOLD BELT; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 82255175179     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0364-5     Document Type: Article

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