Timing of magmatism, basin formation, and tilting at the west edge of the Colorado River extensional corridor: Results from single-crystal 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of tertiary rocks in the Old Woman Mountains area, Southeastern California

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-209

  Miller, Jonathan S ^a   Heizler, Matthew T ^a,b   Miller, Calvin F ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001310269     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516016     Document Type: Article

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