Revisiting the Baranof-Leech River hypothesis for early Tertiary coastwise transport of the Chugach-Prince William terrane

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 463-475

  Cowan, Darrel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Displaced terranes; North American Cordillera; Paleomagnetism; Tectonics; Triple junctions

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ALASKA; BARANOF ISLAND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0041320838     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00300-5     Document Type: Article

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