P-T-t evidence for mechanisms of vertical tectonic motion in a contractional orogen: North-western US and Canadian Cordillera

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-90

  Whitney, D L ^a   Miller, R B ^b   Paterson, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; OROGENY; P-T-T PATH; TECTONICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032891107     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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