Stratigraphy, depositional history, and tectonic evolution of paleozoic continental-margin rocks in roof pendants of the eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 919-933

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Greene, David C ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; ROOFS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MISSISSIPPIANS; NEW CORRELATIONS; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; STRUCTURAL BELT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ROCKS;

BATHOLITH; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032830420     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0919:SDHATE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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