Fractionation trends in the Bay of Islands ophiolite of Newfoundland: polycyclic cumulate sequences in ophiolites and their classification

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Church, W. R., Riccio, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-105; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-105

The fractionation range of the cumulate sequence of the allochthonous Bay of Islands ophiolite of the Western Platform of Newfoundland, measured in terms of the FeO(tolal)/MgO ratios of the liquids from which they were derived, encompasses entirely the range of known values exhibited by the overlyin...