Stratigraphy, age, and geochemistry of Tertiary volcanic rocks and associated synorogenic deposits, Mount McKinley quadrangle, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1662, 2002, Pages 19-43

  Cole, Ronald B ^a   Layer, Paul W ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALASKA; MOUNT MCKINLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844276107     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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