Late Cretaceous evolution of the eastern Coast Mountains, Bella Coola, British Columbia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 343, Issue , 2000, Pages 89-105

  Rusmore, Margaret E ^a   Woodsworth, G J ^b   Gehrels, George E ^c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; EARLY CRETACEOUS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BIOTITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GNEISS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMATISM; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST FAULT; VOLCANIC BELT;

BAYELSA; BELLA COOLA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; NIGERIA; TAYLOR CREEK;

EID: 6044268130     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2343-4.89     Document Type: Article

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