Tectonic emplacement of the Snowcamp remnant of the Coast Range ophiolite near Game Lake, southwestern Oregon

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 410, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-197

  Schoonmaker, Adam ^a   Harper, Gregory D ^a   Heizler, Matthew T ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chetco complex; Coast range ophiolite; Game lake thrust; Josephine ophiolite; Madstone cabin thrust; Snowcamp remnant; Southwest oregon; Structural analysis; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MAGNESITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHETCO COMPLEX; COAST RANGE OPHIOLITES; GAME LAKE THRUST; JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE; MADSTONE CABIN THRUST; SNOWCAMP REMNANT; SOUTHWEST OREGON; THERMOBAROMETRY;

FAULTING;

AMPHIBOLITE; ARGON ISOTOPE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST; OPHIOLITE; PHYLLONITE; SERPENTINE; THRUST;

COAST RANGES; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949156952     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2410(09)     Document Type: Article

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