Evidence for differential unroofing in the Adirondack Mountains, New York State, determined by apatite fission-track thermochronology

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-169

  Roden Tice, Mary K ^a   Tice, Steven J ^a   Schofield, Ian S ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UNROOFING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034041587     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314395     Document Type: Article

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