Paleomagnetic age for Zn-Pb mineralization at Robb Lake, northeastern British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 548-555

  Smethurst, M T ^a   Sangster, D F ^b,c   Symons, D T A ^a   Lewchuk, M T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c University of Oklahoma ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; EOCENE; LARAMIDE OROGENY; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ZINC;

CANADA;

EID: 0041154054     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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