Tectonic entrapment and its role in the evolution of continental lithosphere: An example from the Precambrian of western Canada

Tectonics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-134

  Ross, Gerald M ^a   Eaton, David W ^b   Boerner, David E ^c   Miles, Warner ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000199336     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900047     Document Type: Article

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