The Sudbury impact layer in the paleoproterozoiciron ranges of northern Michigan, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 50-75

  Cannon, W F ^a   Schulz, K J ^a   Horton Jr , J Wright ^a   Kring, David A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI; AGE CONSTRAINTS; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; BLACK SHALES; BOLIDE IMPACT; CLASTIC ROCK; DEVITRIFIED GLASS; DIFFERENT PROCESS; IMPACT EJECTA; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PLANAR DEFORMATION; ROCK TYPES; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TIME LINE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LAKES;

BRECCIA; DEPOSITION; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950262934     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26517.1     Document Type: Article

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