Basement rocks to the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 69-87

  Card, C D ^a   Pana D ^b   Portella, P ^c   Thomas, D J ^d   Annesley, I R ^e  

^a Saskatchewan Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^c AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

^d CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^e SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DIKE; GNEISS; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 72649104741     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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