Queen Maud block: A newly recognized Paleoproterozoic (2.4-2.5 Ga) terrane in northwest Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 707-710

  Schultz, Michael E J ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Sandeman, Hamish A ^b   Simonetti, Antonio ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Northwest Territories Geoscience Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laurentia; Paleoproterozoic; Queen Maud block; Sm Nd; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE METAMORPHISM; MAGMATISM; PALEOPROTEROZOIC TECTONIC; TERRANE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; CANADA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 34548108164     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23629A.1     Document Type: Article

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