Geochemistry and age constraints on metamorphism and deformation in the Fortymile River area, eastern Yukon-Tanana upland, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1662, 2002, Pages 5-18

  Day, Warren C ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^a   Gamble, Bruce ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MISSISSIPPIAN; OVERPRINTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON-TANANA TERRANE;

EID: 3543090189     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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