Geology and U-Pb geochronology of the Island Lake greenstone belt, northwestern Superior Province, Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1275-1286

  Corfu, Fernando ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Manitoba Conservation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0033789210     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-043     Document Type: Article

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