Cenozoic thermal evolution of the central Sierra Nevada, California, from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-179

  House, M A ^a   Wernicke, B P ^a   Farley, K A ^a   Dumitru, T A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fission track dating; Helium; Sierra Nevada; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; HELIUM; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM/THORIUM DATING;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0031408495     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)81846-8     Document Type: Article

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