Age and depositional setting of the Permian Black Dyke Formation: Implications for the paleogeography and structural evolution of western Nevada

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 321-340

  Blein, O ^a   Lapierre, H ^a   Schweickert, R A ^b   Pecher A ^a   Monie P ^c   Maluski, H ^c   Charvet, J ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Early Permian; Island arc; Nevada; North American Cordillera; Volcanic sequences

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; PERMIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033190483     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0985-3111(00)87048-5     Document Type: Article

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