105 Million years of igneous activity, Wrangell, Alaska, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1097-1116

  Crawford, Maria Luisa ^a   Crawford, William A ^a   Lindline, Jennifer ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COASTAL ZONES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; MINERALS; OLIVINE; TECTONICS;

AMPHIBOLITIC HYDRATED BASALT; COEVAL CRUSTAL MELTS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; MAFIC MAGMAS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; OROGEN UPLIFT; PLATE MOTION;

GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; IGNEOUS ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; SUBDUCTION;

ALASKA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WRANGELL MOUNTAINS;

EID: 30744455048     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-022     Document Type: Article

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