Tectonometamorphism at ca. 2.35 and 1.85 Ga in the rae domain, western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada: Insights from structural, metamorphic and in situ geochronological analysis of the southwestern Committee Bay Belt

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 409-442

  Berman, Robert G ^a   Sanborn Barrie, Mary ^a   Stern, Richard A ^a,b   Carson, Chris J ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrowsmith orogeny; Committee Bay; Geochronology; Metamorphism; Monazite; Nunavut; Rae domain; SHRIMP; Tectonics; Thermobarometry; Western Churchill Province

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GEOCHRONOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; MICROTEXTURAL FEATURES; TECTONOMETAMORPHISM;

MINERALOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; RAE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944371919     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.409     Document Type: Review

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