Depth of emplacement and tilting of the Middle Proterozoic (1470 Ma) Wolf River batholith, Wisconsin:40Ar/39Ar thermochronologic constraints

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1143-1151

  Holm, Daniel ^a   Lux, Daniel ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; DEPTH DETERMINATION; EMPLACEMENT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TILT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032461989     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-063     Document Type: Article

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