The palaeoproterozoic Southeastern Churchill Province of Labrador-Quebec, Canada: Orogenic development as a consequence of oblique collision and indentation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 112, Issue , 1996, Pages 137-153

  Wardle, R J ^a   Van Kranendonk, M J ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 2242429220     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.112.01.08     Document Type: Article

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