Paleoproterozoic metamorphism in the northern Wyoming province: Implications for the assembly of Laurentia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-179

  Mueller, Paul A ^a   Burger, H Robert ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Brady, John B ^b   Cheney, John T ^d   Hamrs, Tekla A ^d   Heatherington, Ann L ^a   Mogk, David W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; LAURENTIA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

LAURENTIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VALERIANA EDULIS;

EID: 16344388611     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427667     Document Type: Article

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