U-Pb constraints on the thermotectonic evolution of the Vernon antiform and the age of the Aberdeen gneiss complex, southeastern, Canadian Cordillera

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-244

  Glombick, P ^a,b   Thompson, R I ^c   Erdmer, P ^a   Heaman, L ^a   Friedman, R M ^d   Villeneuve, M ^e   Daughtry, K L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Synergy Geological Consulting   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f Discovery Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; LEAD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM;

GRANODIORITE; JURASSIC METAMORPHISM; MONZONITE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ANTIFORM; GNEISS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VERNON;

EID: 33744545182     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E05-096     Document Type: Article

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