Lithostratigraphy and geochemistry of the Cottrells Cove Group, Buchans - Roberts Arm volcanic belt: New constraints for the paleotectonic setting of the Notre Dame Subzone, Newfoundland Appalachians

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-103

  Dec, Tomasz ^a,c   Swinden, H Scott ^a   Dunning, R Greg ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 0012553355     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-008     Document Type: Article

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