Laser-probe 40Ar39Ar dating of strain fringes: Mid-Cretaceous synconvergent orogen-parallel extension in the interior of the Sevier orogen

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wells, Michael L ^a   Spell, Terry L ^a   Hoisch, Thomas D ^b   Arriola, Tonia ^a   Zanetti, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LASER METHOD; MUSCOVITE; PHLOGOPITE; SHEAR STRAIN;

ALBION MOUNTAINS; GROUSE CREEK MOUNTAINS; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; RAFT RIVER; SEVIER COUNTY [UTAH]; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PINUS NIGRA; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 50949089168     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002153     Document Type: Article

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