The Great Alaskan Terrane Wreck: Reconciliation of paleomagnetic and geological data in the Northern Cordillera

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 259-272

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordillera; North America; Oroclines; Orogen; Paleomagnetism; Super continents; Tectonics; Terranes

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; TERRANE;

CANADA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035685512     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00516-7     Document Type: Article

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