Fault-mediated melt ascent in a Neoproterozoic continental flood basalt province, the Franklin sills, Victoria Island, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 723-736

  Bedard J H ^a   Naslund, H R ^b   Nabelek, P ^c   Winpenny, A ^d   Hryciuk, M ^e   Macdonald, W ^b   Hayes, B ^f   Steigerwaldt, K ^b   Hadlari, T ^g   Rainbird, R ^a   Dewing, K ^g   Girard, E ^h  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; FEEDER SYSTEM; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MAGMA PRESSURE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; THROUGHFLOW; TRANSFER ZONES;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FAULT; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MELT; SILL; TRANSFER ZONE;

CANADA; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

EID: 84863512088     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30450.1     Document Type: Article

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