Paleomagnetism of the Mesozoic Asik Mountain mafic complex in northern Alaska: Implications for the tectonic history of the Arctic composite terrane

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1345-1354

  Lewchuk, Michael T ^a,b   Foucher, Jamie ^a   Elmore, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Casady School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIC COMPOSITE TERRANE; COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION; MESOZOIC LOCATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; REMANENCE; ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

MAFIC ROCK; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

ALASKA; ASIK MOUNTAIN; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15744365860     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.7.1345     Document Type: Article

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