The Bird River greenstone belt is an

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greenstone belt Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies. The name comes from the green ...

in southeastern

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.Structural geology of the Bernic Lake area, Bird River greenstone belt, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 52L6): implications for rare element pegmatite emplacement
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