Early Tertiary magmatism and probable Mesozoic fabrics in the Black Mountains, Death Valley, California

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-22

  Miller, Martin G ^a   Friedman, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; LATE TERTIARY; MAGMATISMS; MESOZOIC; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

LANDFORMS;

MAGMATISM; PEGMATITE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TERTIARY;

BLACK MOUNTAINS; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879909     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0019:ETMAPM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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