Continental influence on Canadian Cordilleran terranes from Nd isotopic study, and significance for crustal growth processes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-280

  Patchett, P J ^a   Gehrels, G E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE;

CANADIAN CORDILLERA; CANDADA;

EID: 0031666979     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516021     Document Type: Article

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