Does the arc-accretion model adequately explain the Paleoproterozoic evolution of southern Laurentia: An expanded interpretation: Comment

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Karlstrom, Karl E ^a   Whitmeyer, Steven J ^b   Williams, Michael L ^c   Bowring, Samuel A ^d   Jessup, Micah J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DATA INTERPRETATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAURENTIA; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; VOLCANIC ARC;

EID: 50349085974     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23971C.1     Document Type: Note

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