Sources of Middle Proterozoic to Early Cambrian siliciclastic sedimentary rocks in the Great Basin: A Nd isotope study

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1193-1205

  Farmer, G Lang ^a   Ball, Theodore T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PRC Environmental Management Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DERIVED MATERIALS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CAMBRIAN; DETRITUS; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; SILICICLASTIC ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; USA;

EID: 0031461571     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1193:SOMPTE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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