The Archean deep-marine environment: Turbidite architecture of the Burwash Formation, Slave Province, Northwest Territories

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 935-954

  Ferguson, Mark E ^a   Waldron, John W F ^b   Bleeker, Wouter ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVEES; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SLATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN DEEP-MARINE ENVIRONMENT; CLASTIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; HIGH-AMPLITUDE REFLECTION PACKAGES; TURBIDITE ARCHITECTURE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; DEEP SEA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 30744449987     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-070     Document Type: Article

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