Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic development of the Mojave Desert and environs, California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-18

  Walker, J Douglas ^a   Martin, Mark W ^b   Glazner, Allen F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE PALEOZOIC; MINOR STRUCTURE; TECTONIC HISTORY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THRUST SYSTEMS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CALDERA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871339246     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.1     Document Type: Article

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