Giant dyke swarms and the reconstruction of the Canadian Arctic islands, Greenland, Svalbard and Franz Josef Land

Dyke Swarms - Time Markers of Crustal Evolution - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference, IDC-5

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 27-48

  Buchan, Kenneth L ^a   Ernst, Richard ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

REPAIR; TECTONICS;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; HIGH-ARCTIC LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; NORTHERN CANADA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC PROCESS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84857717944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/noe0415398992.ch2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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