Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of Paleozoic and Triassic passive margin strata of western North America

Geosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Gehrels, George ^a   Pecha, Mark ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1130/GES00889.1     Document Type: Article

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