Listric normal faulting during postorogenic extension revealed by 40Ar/39 Ar thermochronology near the Robertson Lake shear zone, Grenville orogen, Canada

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 387-402

  Busch, Jay P ^a   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Hall, Chris M ^a   Essene, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; EXTENSION; LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTING; SHEAR ZONE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UNROOFING HISTORY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, ROBERTSON LAKE;

EID: 0029729298     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03501     Document Type: Article

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