# Gambier Group

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The '''Gambier Group''' is an [Early Cretaceous](/source/Early_Cretaceous) aged geologic group in the southern [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada). It was formed on the easternmost point of the [Wrangellia Terrane](/source/Wrangellia_Terrane) as a [volcanic arc](/source/volcanic_arc) about 100 million years ago along a west-to southwest-dipping [subduction zone](/source/subduction).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Geochemical polarity of the Early Cretaceous Gambier Group, southern Coast Belt, British Columbia |publisher=[NRC Research Press](/source/NRC_Research_Press) |last=Lynch |first=Gregory |url=http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?calyLang=eng&journal=cjes&volume=32&year=1995&issue=6&msno=e95-058 |date=2010-02-16 |accessdate=2010-02-16 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This prehistoric volcanic arc is generally referred to as the '''Gambier arc''' or '''Gambier volcanic arc'''.

==See also==
*[Volcanism of Western Canada](/source/Volcanism_of_Western_Canada)
*[Flute Summit](/source/Flute_Summit_(British_Columbia))
*[Piccolo Summit](/source/Piccolo_Summit)
*[Whistler Mountain](/source/Whistler_Mountain)

==References==
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Category:Volcanism of British Columbia
Category:Cretaceous volcanism
Category:Volcanic arcs
Category:Volcanic groups
Category:Geologic groups of British Columbia
Category:Cretaceous British Columbia

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