Timing, distribution, amount, and style of Cenozoic extension in the northern Great Basin

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-66

  Henry, Christopher D ^a   McGrew, Allen J ^b   Colgan, Joseph P ^c   Snoke, Arthur W ^d   Brueseke, Matthew E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FISSION REACTIONS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ROCKS; RUBY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; LOCALIZED EXTENSIONS; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84889634644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.0021(02)     Document Type: Article

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