Chronology of late Cenozoic volcanic eruptions onto relict surfaces in the south-central Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 890-910

  Phillips, Fred M ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b   Dunbar, Nelia W ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC FLOWS; CALIFORNIA; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EROSION RATES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LATE CENOZOIC; MIOCENE; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; TECTONIC HISTORY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EROSION;

CENOZOIC; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BISHOP; CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953781991     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30000.1     Document Type: Article

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