Chronostratigraphic constraints on the genesis of Archean greenstone belts, northwestern Superior Province, Ontario, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-295

  Corfu, Fernando ^a   Davis, Donald W ^a   Stone, Denver ^b   Moore, Michelle L ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GREENSTONE BELT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032460194     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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