Structural evolution and early accretion of the Archean Malartic Composite Block, southern Abitibi greenstone belt, Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1556-1569

  Desrochers, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Hubert, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Exploration Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARCHAEAN; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ABITIBI, GREENSTONE BELT, MALARTIC;

EID: 0030435940     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-118     Document Type: Article

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