Shebandowan greenstone belt, western Superior Province: U-Pb ages, tectonic implications, and correlations

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1467-1484

  Corfu, F ^a   Stott, G M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b Willet Green Miller Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL LEVELS; GREENSTONE BELTS; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; RAPID ACCRETION; SEDIMENTARY PACKAGES; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 84879890763     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1467:SGBWSP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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