Paleomagnetic and geobarometric study of the mid-Cretaceous Whitehorse Pluton, Yukon Territory

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Harris, M. J., Symons, D. T. A., Blackburn, W. H., Hart, C. J. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Carmacks; Tilting; Yukon; Whitehorse; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e17-110; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e17-110

This is the first of several Lithoprobe paleomagnetic studies underway to examine geotectonic motions in the northern Canadian Cordillera. Except for one controversial study, estimates for terranes underlying the Intermontane Belt in the Yukon have been extrapolated from studies in Alaska, southern...