Chronology of polyphase extension in the Windermere Hills, northeast Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-27

  Mueller, Karl J ^a,d   Cerveny, Philip K ^a,e   Perkins, Michael E ^b   Snee, Lawrence W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Arctic Geoscience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; FISSION REACTIONS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CHEMICAL CORRELATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; LATERALLY SPREADING; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MYLONITIC SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRABEN; MANTLE PLUME;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WINDERMERE HILLS;

EID: 84879878985     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0011:COPEIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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