Multimethod detrital thermochronology of the Great Valley Group near New Idria, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 210-218

  Vermeesch, Pieter ^a   Miller, Donald D ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^a   De Grave, Johan ^c   McWilliams, Michael O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AERA ENERGY LLC   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Detrital thermochronology; Exhumation; Fission track; Great Valley Group; Serpentinite; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACK DATING; CALIFORNIA; DETRITAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK; GREAT VALLEY GROUP; SERPENTINITE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEAD; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

COOLING; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

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

EID: 31444452234     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25797.1     Document Type: Article

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