Middle Miocene hiatus in volcanic activity in the Great Basin area of the Western United States
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
By: E. H. McKee, D. C. Noble, and M.L. Silberman
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Abstract
A summary of potassium-argon dates shows that a high level of igneous activity in the Great Basin and adjacent regions during middle Tertiary time (40 to 20 my ago) was followed by a period of relative quiescence in middle Miocene time that lasted for several million years (from 20 to 17 my ago). Volcanism resumed 16 my ago mainly at the margins of the region and has continued to the present.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Middle Miocene hiatus in volcanic activity in the Great Basin area of the Western United States |
| Series title | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| DOI | 10.1016/0012-821X(70)90156-1 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 93 |
| Last page | 96 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah |
| Other Geospatial | Great Basin |
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