Geochemistry of the Archean Kam group, yellowknife Greenstone Belt, Slave Province, Canada

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-197

  Cousens, Brian L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PETROGENESIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0034049904     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314397     Document Type: Article

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