The Big Flush—Paleomagnetic signature of a 70 Ma regional hydrothermal event in displaced rocks of the northern Canadian Cordillera

• Main Authors: P. Jane Wynne, Olph J. Enkin, Judith Baker, Stephen T. Johnston, Craig J. R. Hart
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Carmacks; Yukon
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.568.3641; http://web.uvic.ca/~stj/Assets/PDFs/CJES wynne et al.pdf

Abstract: The 70 Ma Carmacks Group, a subaerial volcanic succession which once covered much of central southwest Yukon, has a paleomagnetic remanent direction which passes the fold test and the reversal test. A new collection of 13 sites, combined with 13 sites from a previous study, renders a pole...