The Middle Ordovician to Early Silurian voyage of the Dashwoods microcontinent, West Newfoundland; based on new U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological and kinematic constraints

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-338

  Brem, Arjan G ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^a   Van Staal, Cees R ^b   Davis, Donald W ^c   McNicoll, Vicki J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIKE; GRANODIORITE; ORDOVICIAN; PEGMATITE; SILURIAN; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

CENTROPOMIDAE;

EID: 34248544115     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2007.01     Document Type: Article

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