Structural evolution of a major fault zone: The Cape Ray Fault Zone, southwestern Newfoundland, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-215

  Dubé, Benoît ^a   Lauzière, Kathleen ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; COLLISION; FAULT ZONE; LAURENTIA; PALAEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, CAPE RAY FAULT ZONE;

EID: 3242815415     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-018     Document Type: Article

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