Geological development of eastern Humber and western Dunnage zones: Corner Brook - Glover Island region, Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-198

  Cawood, Peter A ^a   Van Gool, Jeroen A M ^b   Dunning, Greg R ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT; COVER SEQUENCE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, CORNER BROOK;

EID: 0029754660     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-017     Document Type: Article

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