Paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of the Lac de Gras diabase dyke swarm, Slave province, Canada: Implications for relative drift of Slave and Superior provinces in the Paleoproterozoic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-379

  Buchan, Kenneth L ^a   LeCheminant, Anthony N ^a,b   van Breemen, Otto ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BADDELEYITE; CONTACT TESTS; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; DYKE SWARMS; PALEOCONTINENTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD ALLOYS; POLES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRATON; DIABASE; DIKE SWARM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 69249126574     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-026     Document Type: Article

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