Two-phase Neogene extension in the northwestern basin and range recorded in a single thermochronology sample

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Colgan, Joseph P ^a   Shuster, David L ^b   Reiners, Peter W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; 4He 3He thermochronology; Fission track analysis; Surprise Valley fault

Indexed keywords

(U-TH)/HE DATING; 4HE/3HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY; BASIN-AND-RANGE; FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; SURPRISE VALLEY FAULT;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOOTWALL; NEOGENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349086533     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24897A.1     Document Type: Article

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