Paleoclimatology and provenance of the glaciogenic Gowganda Formation (Paleoproterozoic), Ontario, Canada: A chemostratigraphic approach

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 264-274

  Young, Grant M ^a   Nesbitt, H Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; DEPOSITION; FELDSPAR; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RARE EARTHS; SHALE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; INFORMATION CONCERNING; METASOMATIC PROCESS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

WEATHERING;

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 84879888274     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0264:PAPOTG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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