Structural evolution of the Cross Lake greenstone belt in the northwestern Superior Province, Manitoba: Implications for relationship between vertical and horizontal tectonism

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 767-787

  Parmenter, Andrew C ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^a,c   Corkery, M Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TECTONISM;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

CANADA; CROSS LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33845673396     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-006     Document Type: Article

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