Insights on Archean continent - Ocean assembly, western Superior Province, from new structural, geochemical and geochronological observations: Introduction and summary

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Percival, John A ^a   Helmstaedt, Herwart ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; PRECAMBRIAN;

CHRONOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; MODEL; RIVER; ROCK; SEA; SEDIMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLCANO;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 3342876816     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.11.006     Document Type: Editorial

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