Fluvial, lacustrine and volcanic sedimentation in the Angikuni sub-basin, and initiation of ∼1.84-1.79 Ga Baker Lake Basin, western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 225-250

  Aspler, Lawrence B ^a   Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R ^b   Cousens, Brian L ^c  

^a State Univ of New York at Potsdam ^*  (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Fluvial; Lacustrine; Magnesite; Sand flat; Ultrapotassic magmatism; Western Churchill Province

Indexed keywords

APATITE; STRONTIUM;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; SEDIMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETISM; ROCK; SAND; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANO;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542328949     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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