Northern Cordilleran volcanic province: A northern Basin and range?

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-246

  Edwards, Benjamin R ^a,b   Russell, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; PETROLOGY; VOLCANOES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NEOGENE QUATERNARIES; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; NORTHERN BASINS; TECTONIC MODELS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; NEOTECTONICS; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84879880277     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0243:NCVPAN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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