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June 01, 1980
Chronology of the structural and petrologic development of the southwest Sierra Nevada foothills, California: Summary
JASON SALEEBY;
JASON SALEEBY
1
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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WARREN SHARP
WARREN SHARP
2
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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JASON SALEEBY
1
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
WARREN SHARP
2
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Publisher: Geological Society of America
First Online:
01 Jun 2017
Online Issn: 1943-2674
Print Issn: 0016-7606
Geological Society of America
GSA Bulletin (1980) 91 (6): 317–320.
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First Online:
01 Jun 2017
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JASON SALEEBY, WARREN SHARP; Chronology of the structural and petrologic development of the southwest Sierra Nevada foothills, California: Summary. GSA Bulletin 1980;; 91 (6): 317–320. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1980)91<317:COTSAP>2.0.CO;2
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- absolute age
- age
- batholiths
- California
- chronology
- continental margin
- data
- dates
- Fresno County California
- geochemistry
- geochronology
- igneous activity
- intrusions
- island arcs
- K/Ar
- Mesozoic
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- nesosilicates
- ophiolite
- orthosilicates
- Paleozoic
- petrology
- plate tectonics
- plutons
- polymetamorphism
- Sierra Nevada
- silicates
- structure
- tectonics
- tectonophysics
- Tulare County California
- U/Pb
- United States
- upper Paleozoic
- volcanism
- zircon
- zircon group
- Kings-Kawean ophiolite belt
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