Lead isotopic evidence for synextensional lithospheric ductile flow in the Colorado River extensional corridor, western United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2515-2528

  Feuerbach, Daniel L ^a   Reagan, Mark K ^a   Faulds, James E ^a,c   Walker, J Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERIC FLOW;

(WEST); USA;

EID: 1542526895     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03210     Document Type: Article

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