Upper Cambrian to Upper Ordovician peri-Gondwanan Island arc activity in the Victoria Lake Supergroup, Central Newfoundland: Tectonic development of the northern Ganderian margin

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-370

  Zagorevski, A ^a,b   Van Staal, C R ^a,b   McNicoll, V ^b   Rogers, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; DIP; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; RIFTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249710919     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/02.2007.02     Document Type: Article

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