Deciphering superimposed Ellesmerian and Eurekan deformation, Piper Pass area, northern Ellesmere Island (Nunavut)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1439-1452

  Piepjohn, Karsten ^a   von Gosen, Werner ^b   Estrada, Solveig ^a   Tessensohn, Franz ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EUREKAN DEFORMATION; PALEOZOIC ELLESMERIAN OROGENY; SUPERIMPOSITION;

GEOPHYSICS;

DEFORMATION; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THRUST FAULT;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

FRANKLINIA;

EID: 38049041402     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-025     Document Type: Article

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