Precambrian plutons of the Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 121-132

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Koukouvelas, Ioannis ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRANITE; RIVERS;

DUCTILE SOLIDS; GRANITOID ROCKS; GRANODIORITE; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; DIORITE; EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; GABBRO; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; METASEDIMENT; OUTCROP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BASS RIVER; CANADA; COBEQUID HIGHLANDS; NEW JERSEY; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0000193093     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.121     Document Type: Article

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