Upper Triassic Takla Group volcanic rocks, Stikine Terrane, north-central British Columbia: Geochemistry, petrogenesis, and tectonic implications

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1483-1494

  Dostal, J ^a   Gale, V ^b   Church, B N ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MCCONNELL CREEK;

EID: 0033503952     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-048     Document Type: Article

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