Late Cretaceous tectonic history of the Sierra-Salinia-Mojave arc as recorded in conglomerates of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Gualala Formation, northern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Schott, Ronald C ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   O'Neil, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Isotope; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542425715     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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