The lower cretaceous chaswood formation in southern New Brunswick: Provenance and tectonics

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 665-677

  Piper, David J W ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Hundert, Thian ^b   Venugopal, D V ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LITHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

CONGLOMERATE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FAULT; GRANITE; HEAVY MINERAL; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MUDSTONE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; SYNCLINE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOURMALINE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SAINT JOHN RIVER; VINEGAR HILL;

TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 34547943716     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-134     Document Type: Article

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