Nina Creek Group and Lay Range Assemblage, north-central British Columbia: Remnants of late paleozoic oceanic and arc terranes

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 854-874

  Ferri, Filippo ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN FLOOR; PALAEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ARC;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0031463724     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-070     Document Type: Article

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