Paleozoic and mesozoic rocks of Stikinia exposed in northwestern British Columbia: Implications for correlations in the northern Cordillera

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1402-1420

  Currie, Lisel D ^a,c   Parrish, Randall R ^b,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; LAKES; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LATE PALEOZOIC; MIDDLE JURASSIC; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; VOLCANIC ASSEMBLAGES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOOTWALL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; PETROGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANIC ARC; PALAEOZOIC; TERRANE;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; TAGISH LAKE; TANANA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY; STIKINIA;

EID: 0031418873     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1402:PAMROS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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