Timing of plutonism, deformation, and metamorphism in the Yellowknife Domain, Slave Province, Canada1

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1169-1187

  Davis, W U ^a   Bleeker, Wouter ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PLUTONISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA;

EID: 0343340440     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-011     Document Type: Article

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