Evidence for a Battle Mountain-Eureka crustal fault zone, north-central Nevada, and its relation to Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic continental breakup

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Grauch, V J S ^a   Rodriguez, Brian D ^a   Bankey, Viki ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Geophysics; Isotope geochemistry; Nevada USA; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SUPERCONTINENT;

BATTLE MOUNTAIN-EUREKA ZONE; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038714057     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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