Block rotations along the strike-slip Finlay-Ingenika fault, north-central British Columbia: Implications for paleomagnetic and tectonic studies

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-287

  Zhang, Guowei ^a,c   Hynes, Andrew ^a   Irving, E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOPOLE; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FINLAY-INGENIKA FAULT;

EID: 0029752428     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03499     Document Type: Article

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