etrital zircon U/Pb ages and provenance study of the Paleocene to Miocene Tofino basin sedimentary sequence, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

• Main Author: Molinek, III Frank Rudolph
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Carleton Digital Commons 2015
• Subjects: Tofino basin; Chugach-Prince William; Coast Plutonic Complex; Detrital zircon; Blue Mountain Unit; Provenance; Blue Mountain; Orca; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/comps/807

The Tofino basin sedimentary sequence of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula is a Paleocene to Miocene forearc basin that overlies the Crescent terrane and sits adjacent to the Wrangellia. The clastic strata are thought to be derived, at least in part, from the unroofing of the Coast Plutonic Complex...