Terranes of the western Sierra Nevada Foothills metamorphic belt, California: A critical review

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-62

  Snow, Cameron A ^a   Scherer, Hannah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; METAMORPHIC FACIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 31144469910     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.1.46     Document Type: Article

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