40Ar/39Ar dates for the Spanish Peaks intrusions in south-central Colorado

Rocky Mountain Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Penn, Brian S ^a,c   Lindsey, David A ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT;

EID: 67449141330     PISSN: 15557332     EISSN: 15557340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsrocky.44.1.17     Document Type: Article

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