Paleoproterozoic submarine intrabasinal rifting, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada: Volcanic structure and geochemistry of the Bravo Lake Formation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-616

  Johns, Shannon M ^a   Helmstaedt, Herwart H ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CANADA; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; VOLCANIC STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIFTING; VOLCANOLOGY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 33746581876     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-009     Document Type: Article

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