Influence of tectonism and climate on lithofacies distribution and sandstone and conglomerate composition in the Archean Beaulieu Rapids Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 175-204

  Corcoran, P L ^b   Mueller, W U ^c   Padgham, W A ^a  

^a Government of Canada   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Archean; Climate; Petrography; Sedimentology; Slave Province; Stratigraphy; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032834783     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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