Kam Group

The Kam Group is a 10 km (6 mi) 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.

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Geochemistry of the Archean Kam Group, Yellowknife Greenstone Belt, Slave Province, Canada

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