Continental drainage in North America during the phanerozoic from Nd isotopes

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5402, 1999, Pages 671-673

  Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^b   Gleason, James D ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; PHANEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; ROCK; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033613946     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.671     Document Type: Article

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