The Great Falls tectonic zone: suture or intracontinental shear zone?

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Boerner, D E ^a   Craven, J A ^a   Kurtz, R D ^a   Ross, G M ^b   Jones, F W ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031714953     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e97-104     Document Type: Article

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