Stratigraphy, sedimentology and physical volcanology of the Henik Group, central Ennadai-Rankin greenstone belt, Northwest Territories, Canada: Late Archean paleogeography of the Hearne Province and tectonic implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-89

  Aspler, Lawrence B ^a   Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, HEARNE PROVINCE;

EID: 0029768647     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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