Eclogite from central Yukon: a record of subduction at the western margin of ancient North America

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Erdmer, Philippe, Helmstaedt, Herwart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Fairbanks; Last Peak; Faro; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e83-126; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e83-126

Eclogite occurring in central Yukon, at Faro and near Last Peak, as lenses interleaved with muscovite–quartz blastomylonite has the chemical and field characteristics of group C rocks. From sigmoidal inclusion trails in garnet, from geothermometry and geobarometry, and from mineral parageneses, the...