Provenance of paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the Canadian Cordilleran miogeocline: A Nd isotopic study

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1603-1618

  Garzione, Carmala N ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^b   Nelson, JoAnne ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000162279     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-129     Document Type: Article

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