U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1341-1361

  Gehrels, George E ^a   Rusmore, M ^b   Woodsworth, G ^c   Crawford, M ^d   Andronicos, C ^e   Hollister, L ^f   Patchett, J ^a   Ducea, M ^a   Butler, R ^g   Klepeis, K ^h   Davidson, C ⁱ   Friedman, R ^j   Haggarf, J ^c   Mahoney, B ^k   Crawford, W ^d   Pearson, D ^a   Girardi, J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

ⁱ CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COOLING HISTORY; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FIRST-ORDER; JURASSIC; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC ARCS; MAGMATISMS; MID-CRETACEOUS; PALEOCENE; RAPID COOLING; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC MODELS; TERRANE ACCRETION; U-PB AGES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

BATHOLITH; COOLING; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449381490     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26404.1     Document Type: Article

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