New reflections on the structure and evolution of the Makkovikian - Ketilidian Orogen in Labrador and southern Greenland

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 942-965

  Kerr, Andrew ^a,c   Hall, Jeremy ^b   Wardle, Richard J ^a,c   Gower, Charles F ^a,c   Ryan, Bruce ^a,c  

^a Newfoundland Dept Mines and Ener   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; KETILIDIAN OROGENY; MAKKOVIKIAN OROGENY; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA;

GEODYNAMICS; TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; LABRADOR SEA; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MARINE SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; MULTI-STAGE MODELS; OROGENIC BELTS; UPPER CRUST;

REFLECTION;

EID: 0031392342     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC02286     Document Type: Article

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