Thermotectonic history of Mt Logan, Yukon Territory, Canada: Implications of multiple episodes of middle to late Cenozoic denudation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 251-261

  O'Sullivan, Paul B ^a   Currie, Lisel D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denudation; Fission track dating; Saint Elias Mountains; Tectonism; Tertiary; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; COOLING; DENUDATION; PLATE TECTONICS; THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY, MOUNT LOGAN;

EID: 0030428030     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00161-6     Document Type: Article

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