U-Pb geochronologic constraints on paleoproterozoic tectonism in the Monashee complex, Canadian Cordillera: Elucidating an overprinted geologic history

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 560-577

  Crowley, James L ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; GALLIUM; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

CANADIAN SHIELDS; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; ISOTOPIC DATA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL LEVELS;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

OVERPRINTING; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0032767166     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0560:UPGCOP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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