Miocene-Pliocene exhumation along the west Salton detachment fault, southern California, from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of apatite and zircon

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Shirvell, Catherine R ^a,b   Stockli, Daniel F ^c   Axen, Gary J ^a,d   Grove, Marty ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649084287     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002172     Document Type: Article

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