Late Cretaceous remagnetization of Proterozoic mafic dikes, southern Highland Mountains, southwestern Montana: A paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar study

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-668

  Harlan, Stephen S ^a   Geissman, John W ^b   Snee, Lawrence W ^a   Reynolds, Richard L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MICA; ROCKS;

CONDUCTIVE COOLING; EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LATE CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION; MAFIC DIKES; MONTANA; PROTEROZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION;

LEVEES;

CRETACEOUS; DIKE; HORNBLENDE; MAFIC ROCK; METABASITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLUTON; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PROTEROZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION; MAFIC DYKE; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES; HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0029730044     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0653:LCROPM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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