Évènements tectoniques d'origine compressive dans le Protérozoïque du nord de la Cordillère canadienne (montagnes Ogilvie, Yukon)

The oldest Proterozoic strata of Coal Creek Dome (Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon) have been affected by syntectonic and decimetre- to kilometre-scale folds. These folds were eroded, then sealed by other Proterozoic strata. This is the first record of a Proterozoic compressive tectonic event in the norther...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Mercier, Éric
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Yukon
Ogilvie
Ogilvie Mountains
Wernecke
Wernecke Mountains
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e89-016
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e89-016
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Summary:The oldest Proterozoic strata of Coal Creek Dome (Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon) have been affected by syntectonic and decimetre- to kilometre-scale folds. These folds were eroded, then sealed by other Proterozoic strata. This is the first record of a Proterozoic compressive tectonic event in the northern Canadian Cordillera. It is named the Fifteenmile orogeny and may be correlated either with the Wernecke Mountains Racklan orogeny (usually dated at about 1200 Ma) or with an older event, perhaps Hudsonian (1750 Ma).

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