Geology and U-Pb geochronology of the Neoarchean Snare River terrane: Tracking evolving tectonic regimes and crustal growth mechanisms

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 895-934

  Bennett, Venessa ^a   Jackson, Valerie A ^b   Rivers, Toby ^a   Relf, Carolyn ^b   Horan, Pat ^c   Tubrett, Mike ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL GROWTH; ISOTOPE DILUTION; METALUMINOUS PROTOARC; TURBIDITE SEDIMENTATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744432109     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-065     Document Type: Article

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