Magmatic and tectonic history of the Leech River Complex, Vancouver Island, British Columbia: Evidence for ridge-trench intersection and accretion of the Crescent Terrane

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 371, Issue , 2003, Pages 327-353

  Groome, Wesley G ^a,e   Thorkelson, Derek J ^a   Friedman, Richard M ^b   Mortensen, James K ^b   Massey, Nick W D ^c   Marshall, Daniel D ^a   Layer, Paul W ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Detrital mineral age; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Magmatism; Major elements; Slab windows; Tectonics; Trace elements; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; MICA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DETRITAL MINERAL AGE; MAGMATISMS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; SLAB WINDOWS; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

RIVERS;

CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LEECH LAKE; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84870865361     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2371-X.327     Document Type: Article

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