Introduction to Special Issue of Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: The Lake Nipigon Region Geoscience Initiative

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1015-1019

  Easton, Mike ^a   Hollings, Pete ^b   Rayner, Wally ^b  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LAND USE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; GEOSCIENTISTS; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY;

DATA ACQUISITION;

DATA ACQUISITION; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFORMATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

CANADA; LAKE NIPIGON; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36348989801     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-021     Document Type: Article

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