Priscoan (4.00-4.03 Ga) orthogneisses from northwestern Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-16

  Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Williams, Ian S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000878619     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050465     Document Type: Article

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