Extending the ancient margin outboard in the Canadian Cordillera: Record of Proterozoic crust and Paleocene regional metamorphism in the Nicola horst, southern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1605-1623

  Erdmer, Philippe ^a   Moore, John M ^b   Heaman, Larry ^a   Thompson, Robert I ^c   Daughtry, Ken L ^d   Creaser, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d Discovery Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM;

HIGH GRADE ROCKS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THINNING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HORST; PALEOCENE; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0347926430     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-072     Document Type: Review

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