Early Proterozoic magmatism in Yukon, Canada: constraints on the evolution of northwestern

• Main Authors: Derek J. Thorkelson, James K. Mortensen, Robert A. Creaser, Garry J. Davidson, J. Grant Abbott
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bonnet Plume River; British Columbia; Canada; East Antarctica; Wernecke; Yukon; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.487.984; http://eprints.utas.edu.au/761/1/cjes_Thorkelson_etal.pdf

Abstract: Northwestern Laurentia, after cratonization at about 1.85 Ga, underwent a series of tectonic and magmatic events during the Proterozoic that were followed by separation of Laurentia from another landmass, probably Australia. The oldest magmatic event produced the Bonnet Plume River Intrusi...