Regional variation in structural style, deformation kinematics, and summary of tectonic history, northeast Ellesmere Island

Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 592, 2008, Pages 245-283

  Harrison, J C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEVONIAN; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; KINETICS; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 77956406812     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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