Abstract
RECENT geological mapping and the compilation and publication of the first geological map of Labrador1 indicate that three broad groups of Precambrian supracrustal rocks, each separated in time by a principal orogenic cycle, can be recognized in coastal Labrador (Table 1).
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SUTTON, J., MARTEN, B., CLARK, A. et al. Correlation of the Precambrian Supracrustal Rocks of Coastal Labrador and South-western Greenland. Nature Physical Science 238, 122–123 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci238122a0
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