Chapter 31: A Palaeozoic NW Passage and the Timanian, Caledonian and Uralian connections of some exotic terranes in the North American Cordillera

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 463-484

  Colpron, Maurice ^a   Nelson, Joanne L ^b  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DEVONIAN; MAGMATISM; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 80051921912     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.31     Document Type: Article

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