Metamorphic signatures of faulting in the manicouagan reservoir region, Grenville Province, eastern Quebec

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1173-1189

  Hynes, Andrew ^a   St Jean, Alger ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Garnet; Grenville Province; Manicouagan; Normal faulting; Quebec

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; FAULTING; GARNET; GRANULITE FACIES;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0031396972     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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