Evolution of an Archean basement complex and its autochthonous cover, southern Slave Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-176

  Ketchum, John W F ^a,c   Bleeker, Wouter ^b   Stern, Richard A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean basement complex; Magmatic diapirism; SHRIMP; Slave Province; TIMS; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; AUTOCHTHON; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AGE; ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; DOCUMENTATION; EVOLUTION; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; GRANITE; GRAVITY; IONIZATION; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROANALYSIS; RIVER; ROCK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STONE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; VOLCANO;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8144222921     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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