Polymetamorphic evolution of the trans-hudson orogen, Baffin Island, Canada: Integration of petrological, structural and geochronological data

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-302

  St Onge, M R ^a   Wodicka, N ^a   Ijewliw, O ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Paleoproterozoic; Polymetamorphism; Trans Hudson Orogen

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 53949107391     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl060     Document Type: Article

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