Proterozoic prism arrests suspect terranes: Insights into the Ancient Cordilleran margin from seismic reflection data

GSA Today

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4-10

  Snyder, D B ^a   Clowes, R M ^b   Cook, F A ^c   Erdmer, P ^d   Evenchick, C A ^e   Van Der Velden, A J ^c   Hall, K W ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CORDILLERA; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036809389     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2002)012<0004:PPASTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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