Paleoproterozoic development of a gneiss dome corridor in the southern Lake Superior region, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 380, Issue , 2004, Pages 339-357

  Schneider, D A ^a   Holm, D K ^b   O'Boyle, C ^b   Hamilton, M ^c,e   Jercinovic, M ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gneiss domes; Monazite; Penokean orogeny; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYZERS; GNEISS DOME; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PENOKEAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE;

DOMES;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DOME; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; PENOKEAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84870827218     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.339     Document Type: Article

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