P–T evolution of the Teslin suture zone and Cassiar tectonites, Yukon, Canada: evidence for A‐ and B‐type subduction

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Author: HANSEN, V. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Canada; Cassiar; Teslin; Yukon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1992.tb00081.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1525-1314.1992.tb00081.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1992.tb00081.x

Mineral composition and quantitative thermobarometric studies indicate that the Teslin‐Taylor Mountain and Nisutlin terranes within the Teslin suture zone (TSZ), Yukon, record widespread high‐ P/T metamorphic conditions consistent with subduction zone dynamothermal metamorphism. The highest P–T cond...