Walker Creek fault zone, central Rocky Mountains, British Columbia - Southern continuation of the Northern Rocky Mountain Trench fault zone

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1259-1273

  McMechan, M E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; PROTEROZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033792059     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-038     Document Type: Article

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