Cosmogenic 36Cl ages of Quaternary basalt flows in the Mojave Desert, California, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Phillips, Fred M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalts; Cl 36; Exposure age; Geochronology; Mojave Desert; Quaternary; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DESERT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; QUATERNARY; ROCK VARNISH; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042490789     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00328-8     Document Type: Article

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