Detrital thermochronologic record of burial heating and sediment recycling in the Magallanes foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

Basin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 546-572

  Fosdick, Julie C ^a   Grove, Marty ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^b   Hourigan, Jeremy K ^c   Lovera, Oscar ^d   Romans, Brian W ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; HEATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANDES; AUSTRAL BASIN; PATAGONIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 85027938029     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12088     Document Type: Article

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