Correlation among lower to upper crustal components in an island arc: The Jurassic Bonanza arc, Vancouver Island, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1371-1413

  DeBari, Susan M ^a   Anderson, Robert G ^b   Mortensen, James K ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GEOLOGY;

ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0033510069     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-029     Document Type: Article

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