Paleocene-Eocene migmatite crystallization, extension, and exhumation in the hinterland of the northern Cordillera: Okanogan dome, Washington, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 912-929

  Kruckenberg, Seth C ^a   Whitney, Donna L ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^a,b   Fanning, C Mark ^c   Dunlap, W James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics; Geochronology; Gneiss dome; Metamorphic core complex; Migmatite; Okanogan dome; Omineca belt; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXES CONTAINING; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS DOME; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MIGMATITE; OKANOGAN DOME; OMINECA BELT; PALEOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON , USA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

DOMES;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOME; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; MIGMATITE; MONAZITE; PALEOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; OMINECA BELT; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 49749121500     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26153.1     Document Type: Article

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