Indentor tectonism in the eastern Grenville Province

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Gower, Charles F ^a   Kamo, Sandra ^b   Krogh, Thomas E ^b  

^a Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grenvillian orogenesis; Himalayan Tibetan tectonic system; Indentor tectonism; Mesoproterozoic; Southern Labrador; Syntaxis

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 54449091456     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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