Stromatolites of the late Archean Back River stratovolcano, Slave structural province, Northwest Territories, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-301

  Lambert, M B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; STROMATOLITE;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031669586     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e97-115     Document Type: Article

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