Relationship between the Montgomery Lake and Hurwitz groups, and stratigraphic revision of the lower Hurwitz Group, District of Keewatin

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1243-1255

  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

PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, KEEWATIN;

EID: 0030437258     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-094     Document Type: Article

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