Age, composition, and areal distribution of the Pliocene Lawlor Tuff, and three younger Pliocene tuffs, California and Nevada

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 599-628

  Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei M ^a   Deino, Alan L ^b   Fleck, Robert J ^a   McLaughlin, Robert J ^a   Wagner, David ^c   Wan, Elmira ^a   Wahl, David ^a   Hillhouse, John W ^a   Perkins, Michael ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISPLACEMENT; FALLOUT; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PLIOCENE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

PLINIA;

EID: 80054770805     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00609.1     Document Type: Article

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