Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian Franklinian Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 415-430

  Anfinson, Owen A ^a   Leier, Andrew L ^a   Embry, Ashton F ^b   Dewing, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; CAMBRIANS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTINENTAL LANDMASS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEPWATER; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DEVONIANS; FORELAND BASIN; GREENLAND; LATE DEVONIAN; LAURENTIAN; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OROGENS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GRANITE; LEAD; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

FRANKLINIA; NIA;

EID: 84863506612     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30503.1     Document Type: Article

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