Detrital chromian spinel compositions used to reconstruct the tectonic setting of provenance: Implications for orogeny in the Canadian Cordillera

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-123

  Cookenboo, H O ^a   Bustin, R M ^b   Wilks, K R ^c  

^a Canamera Geological Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESITE; MODAL ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; DETRITAL CHROMIAN SPINEL; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DETRITAL MINERAL; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SPINEL;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BOWSER BASIN;

EID: 0030922524     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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