U-Pb zircon age constraint for late Neoproterozoic rifting and initiation of the lower paleozoic passive margin of western Laurentia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-143

  Colpron, Maurice ^a   Logan, James M ^a   Mortensen, James K ^a  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

RIFTING;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0036009305     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e01-069     Document Type: Article

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