Sand Bay gneiss association, Grenville Province, Ontario: A Grenvillian rift- (and -drift) assemblage stranded in the Central Gneiss Belt?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 97-113

  Culshaw, Nicholas ^a   Dostal, Jarda ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geodynamic setting; Grenville Province; Metasedimentary rocks; Metavolcanic rocks; Protoliths

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PROTOLITH;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031422826     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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