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Terrane in British Columbia, Canada
Quesnellia, or the Quesnel terrane, is a
terrane in
British Columbia,
Canada; constituent of the
Canadian Cordillera. It formed
volcanic arc during the
Mesozoic era, in the
Triassic and
Jurassic periods.
[1]
The Quesnel terrane forms part of the
Intermontane superterrane along with the
Stikinia and
Cache Creek terranes.
[2]
Quesnellia contains numerous deposits of alkalic Copper‐Gold porphyry.
[3]
See also
References
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^
FAA‐ Site # 1: Quesnel Trough‐BC‐Canada (PDF), PDAC, retrieved 7 Aug 2020
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^ Hammer, Philip T. C.; Clowes, Ron M. (2004),
"Accreted terranes of northwestern British Columbia, Canada: Lithospheric velocity structure and tectonics", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 109 (B6),
Bibcode:
2004JGRB..109.6305H,
doi:
10.1029/2003JB002749, retrieved 7 Aug 2020
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^ Tucker Barrie, C. (July 1993),
"Petrochemistry of shoshonitic rocks associated with porphyry copper-gold deposits of central Quesnellia, British Columbia, Canada", Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 48 (2): 225–258,
Bibcode:
1993JCExp..48..225T,
doi:
10.1016/0375-6742(93)90006-8, retrieved 7 Aug 2020