Tectonic framework of a Paleoproterozic arc-continent to continent-continent collisional zone, Trans-Hudson Orogen, from geological and seismic reflection studies

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-434

  Corrigan, David ^a   Hajnal, Zoltan ^b   Németh, Balázs ^c   Lucas, S B ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISIONAL ZONE; GEOLOGICAL REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

TECTONICS;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; LITHOPROBE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 27744456438     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-025     Document Type: Article

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