Deciphering shallow paleomagnetic inclinations: 2. Implications from Late Cretaceous strata overlapping the Insular/Intermontane Superterrane boundary in the southern Canadian Cordillera

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Enkin, R J ^a   Mahoney, J B ^b   Baker, J ^a   Riesterer, J ^c   Haskin, M L ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Cretaceous; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Terrane translation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0043205087     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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