Pseudostratigraphy and origin of the Early Proterozoic Payson ophiolite, central Arizona

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-365

  Dann, Jesse C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLAY ALTERATION; DEFORMATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBMARINES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; LEVEES;

ALTERED ROCK; BASEMENT COMPLEX; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; OROGENIC BELTS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SHEETED DIKE COMPLEX; SUBMARINE BASALT; ARIZONA; GRANITOIDS; PROTEROZOIC;

LEVEES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE; GABBRO; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; BASALT; PSEUDOSTRATIGRAPHY; SHEETED DYKE COMPLEX;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030985458     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0347:PAOOTE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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