Regional-scale Mid-Jurassic to Late Cretaceous unroofing from the Adirondack Mountains through Central New England based on apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronology

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-552

  Roden Tice, Mary K ^a   Tice, Steven J ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Plattsburgh High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FISSION TRACK DATING; JURASSIC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UNROOFING;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24744435366     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431908     Document Type: Article

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