Remnants of Paleozoic cover on the Archean Canadian Shield: limestone xenoliths from kimberlite in the central Slave craton

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 391-394

  Cookenboo, Harrison O ^a   Orchard, Michael J ^b   Daoud, David K ^a  

^a Canamera Geological Ltd   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CANADIAN SHIELDS; KIMBERLITE PIPES; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFAUNA; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; SHELF SEAS;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; KIMBERLITE; LIMESTONE XENOLITH; PALAEOZOIC;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 84879888369     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0391:ROPCOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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