Paleogeographic isolation of the cretaceous to eocene sevier hinterland, east-central nevada: Insights from U-Pb and (U-Th)/he detrital zircon ages of hinterland strata

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1141-1160

  Druschke, P ^a   Hanson, A D ^a   Wells, M L ^a   Gehrels, G E ^b   Stockli, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; COOLING AGE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EARLY JURASSIC; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION; JURASSIC; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC ARCS; MESOZOIC; PALEOGENE; PALEOZOIC STRATA; PRECAMBRIAN; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SIERRA NEVADA; TRIASSIC; UPPER CRETACEOUS; UPPER PALEOZOIC; VOLCANIC CENTERS; ZIRCON AGE;

COOLING; LEAD; POPULATION STATISTICS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; WOOL; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79953787447     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30029.1     Document Type: Article

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