Petrology, age, and tectonic setting of the White Rock Formation, Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia: Evidence for Silurian continental rifting

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-277

  MacDonald, Lisa A ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^a   White, Chris E ^a   Ketchum, John W F ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRYSTAL TUFFS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PETROLOGY; RIFTING; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0036009304     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e01-074     Document Type: Article

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