Strike-slip juxtaposition of ca. 2.72 Ga juvenile arc and >2.98 Ga continent margin sequences and its implications for Archean terrane accretion, western Superior Province, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 895-927

  Percival, J A ^a   McNicoll, V ^a   Bailes, A H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MAGMATISM; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD; SUBDUCTION;

LITHOLOGY;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; LAKE WINNIPEG; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33845633324     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-039     Document Type: Article

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