U-Pb geochronologic constraints on the cover sequence of the Monashee complex, Canadian Cordillera: Paleoproterozoic deposition on basement

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1008-1022

  Crowley, James L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT/COVER RELATIONSHIP; DECOLLEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONASHEE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031473394     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-083     Document Type: Article

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