Archaean quartz arenites in the Canadian Shield: examples from the Superior and Churchill Provinces

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 153-176

  Donaldson, J Allan ^a   De Kemp, Eric A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ ARENITE; WEATHERING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032167798     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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