The southern limit of Archean crust and significance of rocks with Paleoproterozoic model ages: Nd model age mapping in the Grenville Province of western Quebec

Precambrian Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 231-241

  Guo, A ^a   Dickin, A P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GRENVILLIAN; ISLAND ARC; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; SUTURE ZONE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0029731417     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00095-x     Document Type: Article

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