Thickness and composition of the Bonanza arc crustal section, Vancouver Island, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1094-1105

  Canil, Dante ^a   Styan, Jolene ^a   Larocque, Jeff ^a   Bonnet, Emilie ^a   Kyba, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; BAROMETRY; BASALTIC ANDESITE; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEVONIANS; JURASSIC; MANTLE OLIVINE; PLUTONIC SUITES; PLUTONS; ROCK TYPES; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; TRIASSIC; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; WEST COAST;

OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BAROMETERS;

BAROMETRY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THINNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FELSIC ROCK; PLUTON; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TRIASSIC; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 77954006820     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26578.1     Document Type: Article

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