Ar-Ar and U-Pb geochronology of a Late Paleoproterozoic Rift Basin: Support for a genetic link with Hudsonian orogenesis, Western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Rainbird, R H ^a   Davis, W J ^a   Stern, R A ^b   Peterson, T D ^a   Smith, S R ^c   Parrish, R R ^d   Hadlari, T ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Minerals Division   (Australia)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30344439783     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498097     Document Type: Article

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