Between Victoria and the mainland coasts of British Columbia and Washington State lie the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. These two arms of the Pacific Ocean occupying structural depressions in the cordilleran system, the one a portion of the Pacific Coast downfold and the other transversing the direction of this strike and of uncertain origin, sever the Vancouver range from its neighbours causing it to rise as an island.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110338 |
Date | January 1956 |
Creators | Wright, John. M. |
Contributors | Hare, F. (Supervisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of Geography.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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