Stratigraphy and U-Pb zircon geochronology of Kidd Creek: Implications for the formation of giant volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and the tectonic history of the Abitibi greenstone belt

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1213-1231

  Bleeker, Wouter ^a   Parrish, Randall R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, ONTARIO, KIDD CREEK;

EID: 0030439198     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-092     Document Type: Article

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