Heat flow in the Trans-Hudson Orogen of the Canadian Shield: Implications for Proterozoic continental growth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 29007-29024

  Mareschal, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

EID: 0033544993     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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