Tectonic histories of the Paleo- to Mesoarchean Sacawee block and Neoarchean Oregon Trail structural belt of the south-central Wyoming Province

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1445-1466

  Grace, Rashmi L B ^a,b   Chamberlain, Kevin R ^a   Frost, B Ronald ^a   Frost, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HISTORY; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

MAGMATIC ZIRCON; METAMORPHIC ZIRCON; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL BELT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; BELT; DEFORMATION; ORTHOGNEISS; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33947671937     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-083     Document Type: Article

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