Geochemical confirmation of the Kula-Farallon slab window beneath the Pacific Northwest in Eocene time

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Breitsprecher, K ^a   Thorkelson, D J ^a   Groome, W G ^a   Dostal, J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adakite; British Columbia; Challis Kamloops; Geochemistry; Ridge subduction; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL CONFORMATIONS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; KINEMATICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SLAB; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0037965607     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0351:GCOTKF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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