Evidence for Archean ocean opening and closing in the Southern Slave Province

Tectonics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1533-1563

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMATISM; ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; MELANGE; OCEAN EVOLUTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA, CANADIAN SHIELD, SLAVE PROVINCE; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0025607487     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/TC009i006p01533     Document Type: Article

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