Burwell domain of the Palaeoproterozoic Torngat Orogen, northeastern Canada: Tilted cross-section of a magmatic arc caught between a rock and a hard place

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 112, Issue , 1996, Pages 91-115

  Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^a,b   Wardle, Richard J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 0642351327     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.112.01.06     Document Type: Article

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