U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the late Paleoproterozoic Dubawnt Supergroup: Linking sedimentation with tectonic reworking of the western Churchill Province, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 314-328

  Rainbird, R H ^a   Davis, W J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dubawnt Supergroup; Geochronology; Paleoproterozoic; Provenance; U Pb; Western Churchill Province

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC REWORKING;

CANADA; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BAKER LAKE BASIN; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; THELON BASIN;

EID: 33947403176     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25989.1     Document Type: Article

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