Probing the Archean and Proterozoic lithosphere of western North America

GSA Today

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Henstock, Timothy J ^a   Levander, Alan ^a   Snelson, Catherine M ^b   Keller, G Randy ^b   Miller, Kate C ^b   Harder, Steven H ^b   Gorman, Andrew R ^c   Clowes, Ron M ^c   Burianyk, Michael J A ^d   Humphreys, Eugene D ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031742743     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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