Sandstone petrofacies of detrital zircon samples from Paleozoic and Triassic strata in suspect terranes of northern Nevada and California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 347, Issue , 2000, Pages 151-171

  Dickinson, Willliam R ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; SANDSTONE; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

CONSISTENT CONSTRAINT; CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PALEOZOIC STRATA; PALEOZOIC-MESOZOIC; PHANEROZOIC ZIRCONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; UPPER PALEOZOIC;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; LAURENTIA; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; PETROFABRIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ARC; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; ROBERTS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YREKA;

EID: 84870945389     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2347-7.151     Document Type: Article

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