Crustal structure and early tertiary extensional tectonics of the Omineca belt at 51°N latitude, southern Canadian Cordillera

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1596-1611

  Johnson, Bradford J ^a,b   Brown, Richard L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Minera Teck SA de CV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULTING; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, CANADIAN CORDILLERA, OMINECA BELT;

EID: 0030437271     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-121     Document Type: Article

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