Exhumation history of orogenic highlands determined by detrital fission- track thermochronology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 283-304

  Garver, John I ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b   Roden Tice, Mary ^c   Kamp, Peter J J ^d  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENIC BELT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033388938     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.13     Document Type: Article

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