The edge of northwestern North America at ∼1.8 Ga

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 983-997

  Cook, Frederick A ^a   Hall, Kevin W ^a   Lynn, C Elissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; MAPS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DENSITY TRANSITION; ISOSTATIC ANOMALIES; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRATON;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744458341     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-039     Document Type: Article

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