Igneous and metaigneous age constraints for the Aishihik metamorphic suite, southwest Yukon

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1543-1555

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a,d   Mortensen, James K ^b   Erdmer, Philippe ^c  

^a Canada/Yukon Geoscience Office   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0030433440     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-117     Document Type: Article

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