Geology of the Brookville terrane, southern New Brunswick, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 133-147

  White, Chris E ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; MARBLE; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL LEVELS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PELITE; PLUTONIC ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BATHURST [NEW BRUNSWICK]; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 84870845677     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.133     Document Type: Article

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