Happy Creek igneous complex and tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic arc in the Jackson Mountains, northwest Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-482

  Quinn, Michael J ^a,b   Wright, James E ^a   Wyld, Sandra J ^a,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EROSION; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON; LANDFORMS;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; CALC-ALKALINE ROCKS; CONTACT RELATIONS; INTERNAL FEATURES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP); VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION; VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS; JACKSON; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC HISTORY;

VOLCANIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

ANDESITE; BACKARC BASIN; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UNCONFORMITY; VOLCANIC ARC; MESOZOIC;

BOULDER CREEK [WISCONSIN]; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; JACKSON MOUNTAINS; USA;

EID: 0030924575     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0461:HCICAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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