Superimposed Neoproterozoic and Early Tertiary alkaline magmatism in the La Biche River area, southeast Yukon Territory

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-342

  Pigage, Lee C ^a   Mortensen, J K ^b  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DATA REDUCTION; MAPPING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SHALE; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

BIOTITE SYENITE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAGMATISM;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ALKALINE ROCK; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMATISM; OVERPRINTING; PROTEROZOIC; TERTIARY;

CANADA; LA BICHE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 13844266060     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.4.325     Document Type: Article

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