Tightening the Belt: Paleomagnetic-stratigraphic constraints on deposition, correlation, and deformation of the Middle Proterozoic (ca. 1.4 Ga) Belt-Purcell Supergroup, United States and Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 619-638

  Elston, D P ^a   Enkin, R J ^a   Baker, J ^a   Kisilevsky, D K ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wander; Belt Purcell Supergroup; Middle Proterozoic; North American Cordillera; Paleomagnetism; Red beds

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM;

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; IRON ORES; MAGNETIZATION; PIGMENTS; SURVEYS;

GEOLOGY;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RED BED; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84879888485     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0619:TTBPSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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