Regional progressive high‐pressure metamorphism, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: FORBES, R. B., EVANS, B. W., THURSTON, S. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1984
• Subjects: Darby; Nome; Seward Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1984.tb00284.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1525-1314.1984.tb00284.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1984.tb00284.x

Abstract Blueschist‐facies rocks on the Seward Peninsula constitute a structurally coherent terrane measuring at least 100 × 150 km. Radiometric age data indicate that high‐pressure metamorphism probably occurred in Jurassic rather than in Palaeozoic or Precambrian time, as previously suggested. Pro...