Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the southeastern Yukon-Tanana terrane

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-316

  Nelson, JoAnne ^a   Gehrels, George ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CONGLOMERATE; MAGMATISM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AUTOCHTHON; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; RIFTING; THRUST; ZIRCON;

COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON-TANANA TERRANE;

EID: 34250306371     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-105     Document Type: Article

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