A regional paleomagnetic study of lithotectonic domains in the Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-103

  Costanzo Alvarez, Vincenzo ^a   Dunlop, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOTECTONICS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

CANADA, ONTARIO, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, CENTRAL GNEISS BELT;

EID: 0032522134     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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