Detrital zircon constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Gravina Belt, southeastern Alaska

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-268

  Kapp, Paul A ^a,b   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL MINERAL; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; GRAVINA BELT; USA;

EID: 0031716857     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e97-110     Document Type: Article

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