Canada's craton: A bottoms-up view

GSA Today

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Canil, Dante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR; SILICA;

EID: 51349106278     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSAT01806A.1     Document Type: Article

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