Alamo megabreccia: Record of a late devonian impact in southern Nevada

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Warme, John E ^a   Sandberg, Charles A ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DEBRIS SLIDE; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN; IMPACT EVENT;

USA, NEVADA;

EID: 0029729612     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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