Pressure-temperature and tectonic evolution of Triassic lawsonite-aragonite blueschists from Pinchi Lake, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 800-810

  Ghent, Edward D ^a   Erdmer, Philippe ^b   Archibald, Douglas A ^c   Stout, Mavis Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; METAMORPHISM; P/T EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC; UNROOFING;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, PINCHI LAKE;

EID: 0030468728     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-061     Document Type: Article

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