Sedimentary and structural evidence for 2.7 Ga continental arc-oceanic-arc collision in the Savant-Sturgeon greenstone belt, western Superior Province, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 995-1030

  Sanborn Barrie, M ^a   Skulski, T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; OCEAN ROCK; SUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS;

ARC-ARC COLLISION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GREENSTONE BELT; MAGMATISM; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 33845676676     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-060     Document Type: Article

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