Evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in western Canada: Results from Lithoprobe studies in Alberta and beyond

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-437

  Ross, Gerald M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TECTONIC FABRICS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; LAURENTIA; LITHOPROBE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PRECAMBRIAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0036005660     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-012     Document Type: Article

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