Extent and significance of the Independence dike swarm, eastern California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 117-130

  Carl, Brian S ^a,b,c   Glazner, Allen F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVEES; STRATIGRAPHY;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA; LATE CENOZOIC; LATE JURASSIC; MOJAVE DESERT; PLATE MOTIONS; SHORT PERIODS; SIERRA NEVADA; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

BATHOLITH; DIKE SWARM; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLATE MOTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICIC ACID; TECTONIC ROTATION;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871274603     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.117     Document Type: Article

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