Middle Mesozoic plutonism and deformation in the western Sierra Nevada foothills, California

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 205-222

  Clemens Knott, Diane ^a   Wolf, Michael B ^b   Saleeby, Jason B ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARLY CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC PROCESS; METAMORPHIC BELTS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLUTONIC SUITES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

EID: 84907987227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.205     Document Type: Article

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