Apatite fission-track thermotectonic history of crystalline rocks in the northern Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1574, 1997, Pages 283-293

  O'Sullivan, Paul B ^a   Plafker, George ^a   Murphy, John M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031544103     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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