Archaean sedimentary sequences of the Slave craton

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-91

  Corcoran, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conglomerate; Quartz arenite; Slave craton; Turbidites; Wheeler diagram; Yellowknife supergroup

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; QUARTZ-ARENITE; SLAVE CRATON; TURBIDITES; WHEELER DIAGRAM; YELLOWKNIFE;

GALLIUM; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; ARENITE; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; EMPLACEMENT; PLUTON; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 84859741982     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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