Age, origin, and significance of brittle faulting and pseudotachylyte along the coast shear zone, Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Davidson, Cameron ^a   Davis, Kenneth J ^b   Bailey, Christopher M ^b   Tape, Carl H ^c   Singleton, John ^d   Singer, Brad ^e  

^a BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Brittle deformation; Coast mountains; Dating; Pseudotachylite

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAULTING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GEOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CENOZOIC; FAULTING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SHEAR ZONE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037286962     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0043:AOASOB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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