Normal fault thermal regimes and the interpretation of low-temperature thermochronometers

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 179-194

  Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Armstrong, Phillip A ^b   Chapman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Erosion; Exhumation; Faults; Modeling; Thermochronometers

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0035161180     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00254-0     Document Type: Article

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