Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Cambrian to Triassic miogeoclinal and eugeoclinal strata of Sonora, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2471-2487

  Gehrels, George E ^a   Stewart, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUGEOCLINAL STRATA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOGEOCLINAL STRATA; PALAEOZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

MEXICO; SONORA STATE;

EID: 0031852869     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03251     Document Type: Article

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