New insights into the geological history of the basement rocks to the southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 119-133

  Card, C D ^a   Pana D ^b   Stern, R A ^c   Rayner, N ^d  

^a Saskatchewan Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^c Minerals Division   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GRANITE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHEAR ZONE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 72549117288     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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