Crustal architecture and tectonic assembly of the Central Gneiss Belt, southwestern Grenville Province, Canada: A new interpretation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 217-234

  Ketchum, J W F ^a,c   Davidson, A ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOLLEMENT; GNEISS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 0033854116     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-099     Document Type: Article

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