Thermal relaxation of a magmatic arc complex, mount barcroft area, Eastern California: 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic study of hornblende and biotite from igneous and metamorphic rocks

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 863-885

  Hourigan, Jeremy ^a   Ernst, W G ^a   Inan, E Esra ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONVERGENT MARGIN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISLAND ARC; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; WALL ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345017707     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.10.863     Document Type: Article

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