Convergent margin tectonics, central Wabigoon subprovince, Superior Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-244

  Percival, J A ^a   McNicoll, V ^a   Brown, J L ^a   Whalen, J B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magmatism; Polyphase deformation; Superior Province; Tectonics; Tonalite; U Pb geochronology; Wabigoon subprovince

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BASALT; CANADA; CHRONOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; HISTORY; KINEMATICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECORDING; REVIEW; RIVER; ROCK; SEDIMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WABIGOON BELT;

EID: 3342908043     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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