Implications for timing of Andean uplift from thermal resetting of radiation-damaged zircon in the Cordillera Huayhuash, northern Peru

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-138

  Garver, J I ^a   Reiners, P W ^b   Walker, L J ^a   Ramage, J M ^c   Perry, S E ^d  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344390994     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427664     Document Type: Article

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