Coherent French range blueschist: Subduction to exhumation in <2.5 m.y.?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 910-922

  Mihalynuk, M G ^a   Erdmer, P ^b   Ghent, E D ^c   Cordey, F ^d   Archibald, D A ^e   Friedman, R M ^f   Johannson, G G ^g  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Canadian Discovery Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blueschist; Cache Creek; Exhumation; Geochronology; Microfossils; Obduction; Radiolarians; Structure; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; OCEAN CRUST; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC CHANGES; SUBDUCTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

BLUESCHIST FACIES; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLIENSBACHIAN; SUBDUCTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543094439     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25393.1     Document Type: Article

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