Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data from late Proterozic mafic dikes and sills, Montana and Wyoming

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1580, 1997, Pages

  Harlan, Stephen S ^a   Geissman, John Wm ^b   Snee, Lawrence W ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 6544294647     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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