The early Neoproterozoic sedimentary Succession B of northwestern Laurentia: Correlations and paleogeographic significance

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 454-470

  Rainbird, R H ^a   Jefferson, C W ^a   Young, G M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CORRELATION SCHEME; DETRITAL ZIRCON; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC BASINS; QUARTZ-ARENITE; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; SUPERCONTINENTS; AUSTRALIA; FOLD BELTS; PROTEROZOIC;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE; CARBONATE GROUP; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LAURENTIA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUPERCONTINENT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ADELAIDE; ALASKA; AMADEUS BASIN; AMUNDSEN BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; BROOKS RANGE; CANADA; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES; WERNECKE MOUNTAINS; YUKON TERRITORY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029730644     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0454:TENSSB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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