Thermochronological constraints on the timing and magnitude of Miocene and Pliocene extension in the central Wassuk Range, western Nevada

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 10-1-10-19

  Stockli, Daniel F ^a   Surpless, Benjamin E ^a   Dumitru, Trevor A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Extension; Thermochronology; Walker Lane Belt; Wassuk Range

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WASSUK RANGE;

EID: 0036705724     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001295     Document Type: Article

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