Geochemical and Nd isotopic constraints for the origin of eclogite protoliths, northern Cordillera: Implications for the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Yukon-Tanana terrane

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1697-1709

  Creaser, Robert A ^a   Goodwin Bell, Jo Anne S ^a   Erdmer, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033510918     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-070     Document Type: Article

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