Revised ages of blueschist metamorphism and the youngest pre-thrusting rocks in the San Juan Islands, Washington

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1389-1400

  Brown, E H ^a   Lapen, T J ^b,c   Leckie, R Mark ^d   Premoli Silva, Isabella ^e   Verga, Davide ^e   Singer, B S ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BLUESCHIST METAMORPHISM; MUDSTONES; PRE-THRUSTING ROCKS;

PETROLOGY;

APTIAN; BLUESCHIST; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; METAMORPHISM;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 30444442262     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-033     Document Type: Article

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