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Northward displacement of north-central British Columbia

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An extensive terrain in north-central British Columbia, apparently moved ∼1,300 km northwards along the western fringe of North America during the late Cretaceous or early Tertiary, perhaps in much the same fashion as Baja California is doing today. Large anticlockwise rotations occurred within this terrain.

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    J. W. H. Monger

  2. Earth Physics Branch, Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada, K1A OE4

    E. Irving

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Monger, J., Irving, E. Northward displacement of north-central British Columbia. Nature 285, 289–294 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/285289a0

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