Late Proterozoic to Paleozoic evolution of the St. Pierre and Miquelon islands: A new piece in the Avalonian puzzle of the Canadian Appalachians

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 65-94

  Rabu, D ^a   Thieblemont D ^a   Tegyey, M ^a   Guerrot, C ^a   Alsac, C ^a   Chauvel, J J ^b   Murphy, J B ^c   Keppie, J D ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LIME; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ISLAND FORMATION; METAMORPHIC GRADE; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; PYROCLASTIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACADIAN; AMPHIBOLE; CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; LIMESTONE; PALEOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; THRUST FAULT; VOLCANIC ARC;

APPALACHIANS; AVALON ZONE; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84870850105     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.65     Document Type: Article

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