Geology, magmatism and structural evolution of the Yelverton Bay area, northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Polarforschung

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 59-75

  Estrada, Solveig ^a   Piepjohn, Karsten ^a   Henjes Kunst, Friedhelm ^a   von Gosen, Werner ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENT; METAVOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; YELVERTON BAY;

EID: 33645903228     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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