New high-precision U-Pb ages for the Island Lake greenstone belt, northwestern Superior Province: Implications for regional stratigraphy and the extent of the North Caribou terrane

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 789-803

  Parks, Jen ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^a   Davis, Don ^b   Corkery, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FAULT; PLUTONIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY GROUP;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GREENSTONE BELT; PLUTONIC ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33845655579     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-044     Document Type: Article

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