Age and origin of the Jan Lake Complex: A glimpse at the buried Archean craton of the Trans-Hudson Orogen

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-208

  Ashton, K E ^a   Heaman, L M ^b   Lewry, J F ^c   Hartlaub, R P ^c   Shi, R ^c,d  

^a Saskatchewan Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; CRATON;

CANADA; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

EID: 0033428807     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-038     Document Type: Article

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