Precambrian meta-ultramafic rocks from the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 377, Issue , 2004, Pages 71-87

  Johnson, Kathleen E ^a,g   Brady, John B ^b   MacFarlane, William A ^c   Thomas, Rebecca B ^d   Poulsen, Chris J ^e   Sincock, M Jennifer ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Sky orogeny; Cumulate; Orthopyroxene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MAGNESIA; MAGNESITE; MAGNETITE; MICA; OLIVINE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SERPENTINE; SILICA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOBACCO;

BIG SKY OROGENY; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CUMULATE; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; METAMORPHIC PRESSURE; ORTHOPYROXENE; ULTRAMAFIC CUMULATE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PRECAMBRIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPINEL; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84871066406     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2377-9.71     Document Type: Article

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