Chronology of Devonian to early Carboniferous rifting and igneous activity in southern Magdalen Basin based on U-Pb (zircon) dating

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1219-1237

  Dunning, Greg R ^a   Barr, Sandra M ^a   Giles, Peter S ^a   McGregor, D Colin ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; RIFTING;

CANADA;

EID: 0036025728     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-037     Document Type: Article

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