Age structure and orogenic significance of the Berens River composite batholiths, western superior province

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1089-1109

  Corfu, Fernando ^a,c   Stone, Denver ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OROGENY;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 0032468917     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-056     Document Type: Article

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