Deposition and imbrication of a 2670-2629 Ma supracrustal sequence in the Indin Lake area, southwestern Slave Province, Canada1

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1149-1168

  Pehrsson, S J ^a   Villeneuve, M E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; IMBRICATION; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033501779     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-017     Document Type: Article

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