Structural development of the Snow Lake Allochthon and its role in the evolution of the southeastern Trans-Hudson Orogen in Manitoba, central Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1881-1899

  Kraus, Jürgen ^a,b   Williams, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Energy and Mines   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; OROGENIC BELT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SNOW LAKE;

EID: 0033508275     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-014     Document Type: Article

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