Taconian mélanges in the parautochthonous zone of the Quebec Applachians revisited: Implications for foreland basin and thrust belt evolution

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1473-1490

  Comeau, F A ^a,b   Kirkwood, Donna ^a,b   Malo, M ^b,c   Asselin, E ^d   Bertrand, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GIRAB   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTH SCIENCES; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CHAOTIC UNITS; FAULT STACKING; MUDSTONES; SPANNING; THERMAL MATURATION;

CATCHMENTS;

FORELAND BASIN; MELANGE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TACONIC OROGENY; THRUST;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344256203     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-083     Document Type: Article

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