Initiation of ∼ 2.45-2.1 Ga intracratonic basin sedimentation of the Hurwitz Group, Keewatin Hinterland, Northwest Territories, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 265-297

  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

Hearne Province; Hurwitz Group; Intracratonic Basin

Indexed keywords

INTRACRATONIC BASIN; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, KEEWATIN;

EID: 0030830432     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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