Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic history of the Foreland Belt, southern Canadian Cordillera: Preliminary results

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-270

  Enkin, R J ^a   Osadetz, K G ^b   Wheadon, P M ^a   Baker, J ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERAN OROGENY; DEFORMATION; MESOZOIC; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA, CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0030862544     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-024     Document Type: Article

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