40Ar/39Ar ages of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks within and around the Carbondale and Eagle collapse centers, Colorado: Constraints on the timing of evaporite-related collapse and incision of the Colorado River

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 366, Issue , 2002, Pages 213-234

  Kunk, Michael J ^a   Budahn, James R ^a   Unruh, Daniel M ^a   Stanley, Josette O ^a   Kirkham, Robert M ^b   Bryant, Bruce ^a   Scott, Robert B ^a   Lidke, David J ^a   Streufert, Randall K ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Senior Engineering Geologist   (United States)

^c Summit Geology and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLCANOES;

ANALYTICAL PRECISION; BASALTIC FLOWS; BASALTIC ROCKS; COLORADO RIVER; INCISION RATES; LATE CENOZOIC; MIDDLE MIOCENE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

RIVERS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EMPLACEMENT; EVAPORITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CARBONDALE; COLORADO; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GLENWOOD CANYON; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349090599     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2366-3.213     Document Type: Article

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