Metamorphism and deformation at different structural levels in a strike-slip fault zone, Ross Lake fault, North Cascades, USA

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-136

  Gordon, S M ^a   Whitney, D L ^a   MIller, R B ^b   Mclean, N ^c   Seaton, N C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Metamorphism; North Cascades; Ross Lake fault; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOBAROMETRY; GNEISS; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PLUTON; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 75149148175     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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