U-Pb geochronology of the eastern Hall Peninsula, southern Baffin Island, Canada: A northern link between the Archean of West Greenland and the Paleoproterozoic Torngat Orogen of northern Labrador

Precambrian Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-26

  Scott, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Northeast Laurentia; Paleoproterozoic; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032845892     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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