Cretaceous dikes within the Jurassic Independence dike swarm in eastern California.

Authors :: Coleman, Drew S.
Carl, Brian S.
Source :: Geological Society of America Bulletin. Mar2000, Vol. 112 Issue 3, p504. 8p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs, 2 Maps.
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: Examines the cretaceous dikes within the Jurassic Independence dike swarm in eastern California. Use of uranium-lead geochronology readings; Confirmation that some mafic dikes in the swarm are coeval with previously dated Late Jurassic felsic dikes; Comparison with cretaceous dikes in the eastern Sierra Nevada batholith.

Subjects :: *STRUCTURAL geology
*GEOLOGICAL formations
*CRETACEOUS stratigraphic geology

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