Petrology and cooling rates of the Valhalla complex, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 733-765

  Spear, Frank S ^a   Parrish, Randall R ^b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling rates; Garnet diffusion; Geochronology; Geothermometry; Valhalla complex

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PETROLOGY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VALHALLA COMPLEX;

EID: 0030497907     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.4.733     Document Type: Article

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