The 1991-1996 NATMAP slave province project: Introduction1 wouter bleeker and W.ü. Davis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1033-1042

  Bleeker, W ^a   Davis, W J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1139/e99-053     Document Type: Article

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