Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ 13 C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-342

  Prave, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

LIME; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CAP CARBONATES; DEATH VALLEY; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPINGS; SUBSIDENCE CURVE; TEMPORALLY DISCRETE;

CARBONATES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879886721     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0339:TDTCCT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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