The position and nature of the Gander - Avalon boundary, southern New Brunswick, based on geochemioal and isotopic data from granitoid rocks

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-139

  Whalen, Joseph B ^a   Fyffe, Leslie R ^b   Longstaffe, Frederick J ^c   Jenner, George A ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Dept Nat Rsrc Ener   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANDER-AVALON BOUNDARY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TERRANE ANALYSIS;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0029732844     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-013     Document Type: Article

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