Tehama-Colusa Serpentinite Mélange: A Remnant of Franciscan Jurassic Oceanic Lithosphere, Northern California

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-100

  Hopson, Clifford A ^a   Pessagno, Emile A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; OCEANIC CRUST; SERPENTINITE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844289176     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.1.65     Document Type: Article

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