Isotopic evidence for the sources of Cretaceous and tertiary granitic rocks, east-central Alaska: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Yukon-Tanana terrane

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 945-956

  Aleinikoff, John N ^a   Farmer, G Lang ^b   Rye, Robert ^a   Nokleberg, Warren J ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FLYSCH; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040949689     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-006     Document Type: Article

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