The Midway sequence: A Timiskaming-type, pull-apart basin deposit in the western Wawa subprovince, Minnesota

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Jirsa, Mark A ^a  

^a Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; MAGMATISM; PULL APART BASIN; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TECTONICS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034127102     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-111     Document Type: Article

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