The Cape Porcupine Complex, northern mainland Nova Scotia - No longer a geological orphan

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-85

  Barr, S M ^a   White, C E ^b   Ketchum, J W F ^c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

A type granite; Avalonia; Igneous Petrology; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ALKALI FELDSPAR; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRANITE; GRANITOID; METASEDIMENT; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

HYSTRIX AFRICAEAUSTRALIS;

EID: 84863955443     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4138/atlgeol.2012.004     Document Type: Article

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