Cache Creek Terrane
The Cache Creek Terrane (alternately known as Cache Creek Melange ) is a geologic terrane in British Columbia and southern Yukon, Canada.
The Cache Creek Terrane consists of Carboniferous to Lower Jurassic volcanic rocks, carbonate rocks, coarse clastic rocks and small amounts of ultramafic rock, chert and argillite.[1]
Three geological formations comprise the Cache Creek Terrane: the Sitlika Assemblage, the Tezzeron succession and the Cache Creek Complex.[2]
This terraine is mentioned in the video Where terraines collide (done in conjunction with Canada's geologic survey).
See also
Name Origin
Research Papers
- The Oddossey of the Cache Creek Terrane
- Mineral Resources Map
- Significane of Radianrans from the Cache Creek Terrain
- Northern Cordilleran terranes and their interactions through time
Books, Periodicals
- Where Terranes Collide
- Cache Creek Terrane (book chapter)
References
Coordinates: 59°N 132°W / 59°N 132°W
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