40Ar/39Ar ages of detrital muscovite within Lower Cambrian and Carboniferous clastic sequences in northern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick: Implications for provenance regions

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-168

  Dallmeyer, R D ^a   Keppie, J D ^b   Nance, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CAMBRIAN; CARBONIFEROUS; MUSCOVITE; PROVENANCE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK; CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0030740022     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-013     Document Type: Article

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