Detrital zircon constraints on sediment distribution and provenance of the mariposa formation, central Sierra nevada foothills, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 311-330

  Snow, Cameron A ^a   Ernst, W G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Detrital zircon; Forearc basin; Geochronology; Jurassic; Mariposa Formation; Sierra Nevada foothills

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CALIFORNIA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; FORE-ARC BASIN; JURASSIC; MARIPOSA FORMATION; SIERRA NEVADA;

ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249099427     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2438(11)     Document Type: Article

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