Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the northwestern Basin and Range and its transition to unextended volcanic plateaus: Black Rock Range, Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 300-311

  Lerch, Derek William ^a   Miller, Elizabeth ^b   McWilliams, Michael ^c   Colgan, Joseph ^d  

^a Feather River College   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Crustal seismology; Extension; Geochronology; Magmatism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SEISMOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; MAGMATISM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAPPING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LAVA FLOW; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44449137438     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26151.1     Document Type: Article

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