Apatite fission-track dating of the Cowichan fold and thrust system, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-645

  England, T D J ^a,e   Currie, L D ^b   Massey, N W D ^c   Roden Tice, M K ^d,f   Miller, D S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Talisman Energy   (Canada)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EOCENE; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; WRANGELLIA;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0030691219     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-050     Document Type: Article

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