Cenozoic volcanism and tectonics in the Queen Valley area, Esmeralda County, western Nevada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 447, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-274

  Stockli, Daniel F ^a   Tincher, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Mina deflection; Transtension; Volcanism; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASALTIC ANDESITE; CENOZOIC VOLCANISM; FAULT KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM; WALKER LANE;

LANDFORMS;

ANDESITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRABEN; IGNIMBRITE; NORMAL FAULT; PULL APART BASIN; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM;

ESMERALDA COUNTY; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA-NEVADA];

NES;

EID: 75449085694     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2447(13)     Document Type: Article

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