Intracrustal extension of an Archean orogen revealed using single-grain U-Pb zircon geochronology

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1093-1109

  Moser, D E ^a,b   Heaman, L M ^b,c   Krogh, T E ^b   Hanes, J A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, ONTARIO, WAWA BELT;

EID: 0030430672     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00130     Document Type: Article

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