Detrital zircon geochronologic study of upper Paleozoic strata in the eastern Klamath terrane, northern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 347, Issue , 2000, Pages 99-107

  Gehrels, George E ^a   Miller, M Meghan ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; CARBONIFEROUS STRATA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; LOWER PALEOZOIC; UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA; VOLCANICLASTICS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CARBONIFEROUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; PERMIAN; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NEVADA; ROBERTS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YREKA;

EID: 84870921926     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2347-7.99     Document Type: Article

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