U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America - Tập 121 Số 9-10 - Trang 1341-1361 - 2009
George E. Gehrels1, Margaret E. Rusmore2, G. J. Woodsworth3, Maria Luisa Crawford4, Christopher L. Andronicos5, L. S. Hollister6, Jonathan Patchett1, Mihai N. Ducea1, Robert F. Butler7, Keith A. Klepeis8, David H. StJohn9, Richard M. Friedman10, James W. Haggart3, Brian J. Mahoney11, William R. Crawford4, David Pearson1, James D. Girardi1
1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
2Department of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 90041, USA
3Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia V6b 5j3, Canada
4Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 USA
5Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
6Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
7Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon 97203, USA
8Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
9Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
10Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
11Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702, USA

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