Tectonic exhumation and tilting of the Mount Givens pluton, central Sierra Nevada, California

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 919-922

  Gilder, Stuart ^a   McNulty, Brendan A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

AGE PROGRESSION; HORIZONTAL AXIS; NORTH AMERICAN; PLUTONS; SHEAR ZONE; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; TECTONIC EXHUMATION; TECTONIC MODELS;

TECTONICS;

EXHUMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033427407     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0919:TEATOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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