Assessment of (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: The low-temperature history of the San Jacinto mountains, California

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Wolf, R A ^a   Farley, K A ^a   Silver, L T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; HELIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; TECTONICS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CLOSURE TEMPERATURES; DATING TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; VERTICAL COMPONENT; HELIUM RETENTION;

TEMPERATURE;

APATITE; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; HELIUM DATING; TECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; TILTING;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0030804753     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0065:AOUTHT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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