Detrital zircon geochronology of Upper Proterozoic to lower Paleozoic continental margin strata of the Kootenay Arc: implications for the early Paleozoic tectonic development of the eastern Canadian Cordillera

M. T. Smith, G. E. Gehrels

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Abstract

The Kootenay Arc in Northeastern Washington and southeastern British Columbia contains the transition between autochthonous Upper Proterozoic to lower Paleozoic miogeoclinal strata and outboard Paleozoic to Mesozoic eugeoclinal terranes of uncertain paleogeographic affinity. To better understand the nature of this transition, U-Pb detrital zircon geochronologic studies were carried out on Upper Proterozoic and lower Paleozoic sedimentary units in the Kootenay Arc. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1271-1284
Number of pages14
JournalCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume28
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

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  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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