Late-orogenic basins in the Archaean Superior Province, Canada: characteristics and inferences

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 177-203

  Mueller, W U ^a   Corcoran, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0032169115     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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