Cenozoic denudation of the Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma, and southern mid-continent: Apatite fission-track thermochronology constraints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 339-353

  Winkler, Jennifer E ^a   Kelley, Shari A ^b   Bergman, Steven C ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Denudation; Fission track thermochronology; Southern mid continent; Wichita Mountains

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; NEOTECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541934     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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