Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data bearing on the structural evolution of the Silver Peak extensional complex, west-central Nevada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1108-1130

  Petronis, Michael S ^a   Geissman, John W ^a   Oldow, John S ^b   McIntosh, William C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash flow tuffs; Extensional tectonics; Geochronology; Metamorphic core complexes; Paleomagnetism; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT-TRANSFER SYSTEM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIKE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881121     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1108:PAAAGD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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