Strain partitioning in an obliquely convergent orogen, plutonism, and synorogenic collapse: Coast Mountains Batholith, Biritish Columbia, Canada

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Andronicos, Christopher L ^a   Chardon, Dominique H ^a   Hollister, Lincoln S ^a   Gehrels, George E ^b   Woodsworth, Glenn J ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Exhumation; Extension; Plutonism; Tectonics; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PLUTONISM; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0043095413     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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