A test of detailed Nd isotope mapping in the Grenville Province: Delineating a duplex thrust sheet in the Kipawa-Mattawa region

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-432

  Herrell, M K ^a   Dickin, A P ^a   Morris, W A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; ISOTOPE MAPPING; THRUST SHEETS;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746433526     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-008     Document Type: Article

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