40Ar/39Ar dates on hornblende, muscovite, and biotite from the Mica Creek area, British Columbia: Regional metamorphic and tectonic implications

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-100

  Ghent, Edward ^a   Villeneuve, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOTITE; HORNBLENDE; K-FELDSPAR-SILLIMANITE ROCKS; MUSCOVITE; SELKIRK-MONASHEE-CARIBOO COMPLEX;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BIOTITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HORNBLENDE; METAMORPHISM; MUSCOVITE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744507328     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-095     Document Type: Article

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