Age and tectonic setting of the Mesozoic McCoy Mountains Formation in western Arizona, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1258-1274

  Spencer, Jon E ^a   Richard, Stephen M ^a   Gehrels, George E ^b   Gleason, James D ^c   Dickinson, William R ^b  

^a Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; DOMES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA , USA; BASALTIC LAVA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATIC ARCS; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; TECTONIC SETTINGS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

LANDFORMS;

CONGLOMERATE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MESOZOIC; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; MCCOY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959323204     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30206.1     Document Type: Article

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