Lower Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Yerington region, Nevada, and their regional context

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 251-288

  Proffett, John M ^a   Dilles, John H ^b  

^a Oregon State University ^*  (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesozoic stratigraphy; Western Nevada; Yerington

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; LAKES; LIME; LIMESTONE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL PLATFORMS; MESOZOIC; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC; WESTERN NEVADA; YERINGTON;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GYPSUM; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; QUARTZITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249104225     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2438(09)     Document Type: Article

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