40Ar/39Ar thermochronometric constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Clachnacudainn complex, southeastern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1989-2006

  Colpron, Maurice ^a   Price, Raymond A ^b   Archibald, Douglas A ^b  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CLACHNACUDAINN;

EID: 0033505101     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-100     Document Type: Article

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