Early Paleozoic development of the Maine-Quebec boundary Mountains region

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-389

  Gerbi, C C ^a,b   Johnson, S E ^a   Aleinikoff, J N ^c   Bedard J H ^d   Dunning, G R ^e   Fanning, C M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PETROLOGY;

CHAIN LAKE MASSIF; MAINE-QUEBEC BOUNDARY; PALEOZOIC DEVELOPMENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; BEDROCK; CRATON; DEFORMATION; GRANODIORITE; LAURENTIA; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PLUTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745433485     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E05-113     Document Type: Article

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