Triassic-Jurassic tectonism and magmatism in the mesozoic continental arc of Nevada: Classic relations and new developments

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 197-224

  Wyld, S J ^a   Wright, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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