Coast Plutonic Complex

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The Coast Plutonic Complex is a vast belt of granitic and related intrusive rocks forming the core of the Coast Mountains along the Pacific margin of western North America.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf batholithic belt ⓘ
geologic province ⓘ
plutonic complex ⓘ
ageRange Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coast Plutonic Batholith ⓘ
Coast Plutonic Complex of western North America ⓘ
boundedBy Insular Belt to the west ⓘ
Intermontane Belt to the east ⓘ
contains batholiths ⓘ
plutons ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
economicGeology associated with mineral deposits ⓘ
extendsFrom southeastern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
extendsTo near Vancouver, British Columbia ⓘ
forms core of the Coast Mountains ⓘ
geologicSetting continental magmatic arc ⓘ
hostRockRelationship intrudes older metamorphic and sedimentary rocks ⓘ
isPartOf Canadian Cordillera ⓘ
North American Cordillera ⓘ
length over 1800 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific margin of western North America ⓘ
majorIntrusionAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
metamorphism associated with high-grade regional metamorphism ⓘ
orogeny Coast Orogen ⓘ
Cordilleran Orogen ⓘ
linked to: Cordilleran orogeny
partOf Coast Mountains ⓘ
primaryRockType granite ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ
tonalite ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
rockType felsic intrusive rock ⓘ
intermediate intrusive rock ⓘ
significance one of the largest contiguous granitic belts on Earth ⓘ
structuralFeature forms a long, continuous magmatic belt ⓘ
studyDiscipline igneous petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicOrigin subduction-related magmatism ⓘ
tectonicPlateInteraction Farallon Plate subduction beneath North America ⓘ
Kula Plate subduction beneath North America ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coast Mountains → orogeny → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Coast Plutonic Complex → alsoKnownAs → Coast Plutonic Batholith ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Coast Plutonic Complex → alsoKnownAs → Coast Plutonic Complex of western North America ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Coast Plutonic Complex → orogeny → Coast Orogen ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Boundary Ranges → orogeny → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Chilcotin Ranges → orogeny → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Kula Plate → associatedWith → Coast Mountains batholith ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Kula Plate → influencedFormationOf → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Sierra Nevada batholith → relatedTo → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Silverthrone Caldera → partOf → Coast Plutonic Complex region ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Mount Price → orogeny → Coast Plutonic Complex region ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Mount Callaghan → geologicalProvince → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Bridge River Cones → overlies → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Garibaldi Névé → geologicalContext → Coast Plutonic Complex region ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Central Coast Mountains → orogeny → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
subject linked to: central Coast Mountains
Southgate River basin → geologicalSetting → Coast Plutonic Complex region ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex
Insular Belt → associatedWith → Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
Farallon–North American plate boundary → associatedWith → Coast Plutonic Complex of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Coast Plutonic Complex