Paleomagnetism of the 1.88-Ga Sokoman Formation in the Schefferville-Knob Lake area, Québec, Canada, and implications for the genesis of iron oxide deposits in the central New Québec Orogen

Precambrian Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 167-188

  Williams, George E ^a   Schmidt, Phillip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron ores; Iron formations; Paleomagnetism; Paleoproterozoic; Qu bec; Sokoman Formation

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE;

IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAGNETISM; MINERALOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CANADA; KNOB LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SCHEFFERVILLE;

EID: 1142279570     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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