Definition of an Archean - Proterozoic crustal suture by isotopic studies of basement intersections from offshore wells in the southern Labrador Sea

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-214

  Kerr, Andrew ^a,b   Wardle, Richard J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOPROBE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUTURE;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0030788253     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-017     Document Type: Article

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