Geochronology and tectonometamorphic history of the Snowbird Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada: New insights into the architecture and significance of the Snowbird tectonic zone

Precambrian Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 201-230

  Martel, Edith ^a   van Breemen, Otto ^b   Berman, Robert G ^b   Pehrsson, Sally ^b  

^a Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochronology; In situ analysis; SHRIMP; Snowbird tectonic zone; Tectonics; Western Churchill Province

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PLUTONIC ROCK; PLUTONISM; TECTONICS;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; RAE PROVINCE;

EID: 38949204108     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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