Kam Group

{{short description|Geological region in Northwest Territories, Canada}}

The Kam Group is a {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} thick Archean volcanic group in the Yellowknife greenstone belt of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It consists of tholeiitic mafic and subordinate felsic volcanic rocks that were erupted in a submarine environment about 2706 million years ago.

See also

References

  • [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/314397 Geochemistry of the Archean Kam Group, Yellowknife Greenstone Belt, Slave Province, Canada]

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Category:Volcanic groups

Category:Volcanoes of the Northwest Territories

Category:Archean volcanism