Structural and geochronological constraints on the role of partial melting during the formation of the Shuswap metamorphic core complex at the latitude of the Thor-Odin dome, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 917-943

  Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^a,c   Teyssier, Christian ^a   Wysoczanski, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; PALEOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SHUSWAP COMPLEX;

EID: 0033492513     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-023     Document Type: Article

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