The thermal history of the New York basement determined from40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 29795-29814

  Heizler, Matthew T ^a,b   Harrison, T Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032506733     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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