Mid- to late Paleozoic K-feldspar augen granitoids of the Yukon-Tanana terrane, Yukon, Canada: Implications for crustal growth and tectonic evolution of the northern Cordillera

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1212-1231

  Ruks, Tyler W ^a,b   Piercey, Stephen J ^a   Ryan, James J ^c   Villeneuve, Michael E ^d   Creaser, Robert A ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ruks Geological Consulting   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augen granitoid; Crustal growth; Magmatism; Nd isotope geochemistry; Tectonics; Yukon Tanana terrane

Indexed keywords

AUGEN GRANITOIDS; CRUSTAL GROWTH; MAGMATISM; YUKON-TANANA TERRANE;

FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; YUKON-TANANA TERRANE;

EID: 33749024174     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25854.1     Document Type: Article

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