Stratigraphy of the Fort Selkirk Volcanogenic complex in central Yukon and its paleoclimatic significance: Ar/Ar and paleomagnetic data

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 381-401

  Nelson, Faye E ^a,b   Barendregt, René W ^a   Villeneuve, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC LAVA FLOW; PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PLEISTOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TIME RANGE; VOLCANIC COMPLEX; VOLCANICS;

BASALT; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETS; NEON; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIZATION; MAMMOTH; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY; VOLCANO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 69249115722     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-025     Document Type: Article

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