The Medicine Hat Block and the Early Paleoproterozoic Assembly of Western Laurentia
The accretion of the Wyoming, Hearne, and Superior Provinces to form the Archean core of western Laurentia occurred rapidly in the Paleoproterozoic. Missing from Hoffman’s (1988) original rapid aggregation model was the Medicine Hat block (MHB). The MHB is a structurally distinct, complex block of P...
Main Authors: | Jennifer N. Gifford, Shawn J. Malone, Paul A. Mueller |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Geosciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/7/271 |
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