Regional geology, northeast Ellesmere Island

Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 592, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Mayr, U ^a   Dewing, K ^a   Harrison, C ^a   Piepjohn, K ^b   Tessensohn, F ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DIABASE; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; GNEISS; MOBILE BELT; OROGENY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SILL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TERRANE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

FRANKLINIA;

EID: 77956397187     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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