Stratigraphic and geochemical constraints on the relative age of the Margaree Shear Zone in western Cape Breton Island, with implications for the early evolution of the Maritimes Basin

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Lynch, Gregory ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FAULT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MYLONITE; RELATIVE AGE; SHEAR ZONE;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON ISLAND;

EID: 0030485047     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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