The Paleogene California River: Evidence of Mojave-Uinta paleodrainage from U-Pb ages of detrital zircons

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 931-934

  Davis, Steven J ^a   Dickinson, William R ^b   Gehrels, George E ^b   Spencer, Jon E ^c   Lawton, Timothy F ^d   Carroll, Alan R ^e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GREEN RIVER; LARAMIDE; LARGE RIVER SYSTEM; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC ARCS; PALEODRAINAGE; PALEOGENE; PRIMARY SOURCES; SOURCE AREA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; U-PB AGES;

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; LEAD;

RIVERS;

CRETACEOUS; DRAINAGE; PALEOGENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

UINTA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958100224     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31250.1     Document Type: Article

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