Geology and U-Pb geochronology of Archean basement and Proterozoic cover in the Priest River complex, northwestern United States, and their implications for Cordilleran structure and Precambrian continent reconstructions

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-54

  Doughty, P T ^a   Price, R A ^b   Parrish, R R ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

USA;

EID: 0031850492     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-35-1-39     Document Type: Article

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