Oxygen isotope systematics of the Precambrian basement of Alberta: Implications for Paleoproterozoic and Phanerozoic tectonics in northwestern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1611-1628

  Burwash, Ronald A ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Bouzidi, Youcef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

TECTONICS;

BASEMENT ROCK; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0034318936     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-090     Document Type: Article

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