Precambrian history of the eastern Ferris Mountains and Bear Mountain, south-central Wyoming Province

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1467-1487

  Bowers, Nancy E ^a   Chamberlain, Kevin R ^b  

^a University of Wyoming ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HISTORY; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; MOUNTAINS; PROTEROZOIC ROCK;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; FOLDING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; OROGENY; PLUTON; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BEAR MOUNTAIN; FERRIS MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33947654920     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-091     Document Type: Article

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