Provenance analysis of the Dezadeash Formation (Jurassic–Cretaceous), Yukon, Canada: implications regarding a linkage between the Wrangellia composite terrane and the western margin of Laurasia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Lowey, Grant W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2019
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Canada; Dezadeash; Nutzotin Mountains; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2017-0244; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2017-0244; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2017-0244

The Mesozoic convergence of the allochthonous Wrangellia composite terrane (WCT) with the western margin of Laurasia coincided with the construction of the Chitina magmatic arc on the WCT, and the dispersal of volcanic flows and sediment gravity flows into an adjacent flysch basin. The basin, preser...