Crustal architecture of SW Yukon, northern Cordillera: Implications for crustal growth in a convergent margin orogen

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Canil, Dante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; JURASSIC; MAPPING; MODELING; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 34249806012     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001950     Document Type: Article

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