Provenance and tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks along the eastern margin of Hearne craton: Constraints from SHRIMP geochronology, Wollaston Group, Saskatchewan, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 171-185

  Tran, Hai Thanh ^a   Ansdell, Kevin M ^b   Bethune, Kathryn M ^c   Ashton, Ken ^d   Hamilton, Mike A ^e  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d Saskatchewan Geological Survey   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Provenance; Saskatchewan; SHRIMP; Trans Hudson Orogen; Wollaston Group

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

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

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 54449094328     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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