Geologic implications of new zircon U-Pb ages from the White Mountain Peak metavolcanic complex, eastern California

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Scherer, Hannah H ^a   Ernst, W G ^a   Hanson, R Brooks ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FOLDING; GRANODIORITE; HYPABYSSAL ROCK; JURASSIC; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PLUTON; REVERSE FAULT; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

CANEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 50649119252     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002141     Document Type: Article

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