Fission track analysis of the footwall of the Catalina detachment fault, Arizona: Tectonic denudation, magmatism, and erosion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 11047-11062

  Fayon, Annia K ^a   Peacock, Simon M ^b   Stump, Edmund ^b   Reynolds, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FISSION TRACK DATING; MAGMATISM;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034630686     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900421     Document Type: Article

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