Timing of arc construction and metamorphism in the Slate Creek Complex, Northern Sierra Nevada, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1105-1118

  Fagan, T J ^a   Day, H W ^a   Hacker, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Ar Ar; Continental accretion; Island arcs; Jurassic; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISMS;

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; METAMORPHISM; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881549     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1105:TOACAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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